Essay Questions
What is Anthropology? To receive full points for this question, you must: Define Anthropology • Identify and briefly describe the four subfields of Anthropology • Briefly describe the doctrine of holism as it appears in the Kottak Text Choose one example of research in a particular society from any assigned reading. Explain how this example uses a holistic approacth. • Indicate which subdisciplines of anthropology contributed to your selected reading, and in what ways they contributed.
What are the characteristics of culture? To receive full points for this question, you must: • Identify and define six characteristics of Culture • Select an article from the white "Annual Editions" reader and provide the main point of the article. Which of the six characteristics of culture appear in the article? Give specific examples with your discussion of each definition.
I choose the Article is Eating Christmas in the Kalahari
Bonus Problem, for 5 bonus points: If you could have any job in Anthropology, what would you do, and why? To recieve full points for this question, you must: • Indicate what your favorite job in Anthropology would be, and why. • Give at least one example from any two assigned readings that pertain to your choice.
My favorite Job in Anthropology is Anthropologist .