12/3/11

ANTH 100-2011: Final Exam Essay Questions

The final exam will be scored out of 80 marks (worth 40% of your final grade).  Part 1 of the exam is 60 points (questions will be handed out on exam day).  Part 2 is 20 points with each essay question worth 10 points.

Three of the following five questions will be included on the final exam.  On exam day you will have a choice to answer two of the three essay questions.

Long list of essay questions.

  1. Compare and contrast the variation of gender in human societies.
  2. Discuss how the four original sub-disciplines of anthropology (socio-cultural, linguistic, archaeological, and biological) contribute to an understanding of humanity.
  3. Lee, Marcus, and Menzies each describe their research methods and experiences in their respective ethnographies.  Drawing from their ethnographies, describe the research method(s) of socio-cultural anthropology.
  4. Discuss how drastic social change can lead people to create new worldviews to help make sense of their changed world.  Your answer should use one or more examples from course lectures and/or readings.
  5. Discus the role of anthropologists in the “Human Terrain System.”  In your answer consider the following: what is the place of anthropology in military settings, and; what role does racism and/or cultural imperialism have in shaping the problems that these anthropologists are engaged to resolve?