Beginning of course content Culture Anthropologists At Work Mali Terms & Definitions
100
What is Anthropology
Is the study of the human species
100
What is culture
The unifying concept in Anthropology
100
What is reciprocity
Giving and having back in return
100
What is the language spoken by most people in Mali?
Bambara
100
What is exogamy?
You have to marry outside of your lineage or clan.
200
What is Ethnography
Living with the group your studying
200
What is ethnocentrism
The belief that your way of doing things is the only proper way
200
What is emic
Descriptions of beliefs and behaviors from the member perspective. The "insider point of view"
200
What is one of the villages where Dettwyler did her fieldwork?
Magnambougou
200
What is iodine?
A deficiency of this can result in a goiter
300
What is Culture
A set of learned and shared symbolic behaviors passed from generation to generation that are usually patterned and integrated, preferably adaptive and always subject to change through manipulation or reinterpretation
300
What is superstructure
Society shared sense of identity and worldview
300
What is Negative reciprocity
Someone gets something without giving anything back in return
300
What are the thighs?
The sexist part of a woman's body
300
What is a mosquito?
You can get malaria if one of these bites you.
400
What is Adaptive Culture
Members have the resources they need to live well, are free from violence and threats of violence
400
What is culture relativism
Cultural practices must be understood within the context in which they occur
400
What is economics
Production+ distribution+ consumption
400
What is a calabash?
A gourd used to store or serve food in
400
What is a toubab?
This is what Malians call white people.
500
What are the five fields of Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology, Physical Anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology, and Applied Anthropology
500
What is infrastructure
Economic foundation of a society, including its subsistence practices, and the tools and other material equipment to make a living
500
What is horticulture
People that intentionally do farming; an example is slash and burn
500
Who was Dettwyler's Malian assistant?
Moussa Diarra
500
What is ego?
This is the center of a kinship chart, center of all ancestors and descendents






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