Final is scheduled for Monday, May 23 from 8:30 am to 10:30 am in Batmale Hall 513. Bring a #2 pencil for the scantron form.

The final will consist of 100 points, 40 of which are multiple choice and 40 are true/false. In addition, there will be one short essay question worth 15 points, and geographic matching section worth 5 points.

The final will focus on the last topics of the course, including religion (chapter 14), the arts (chapter 15), colonialism (chapter 16), and globalization (chapter 17).

You may bring ONE 3 inch by 5 inch index card to the final with notes.

The secret to success is knowing definitions. In the case of people, have a brief understanding of their contributions to culture theory.

The following terms and concepts will be on the final:

Politics and World Systems:
acculturation, assimilation, colonies and colonialism, cultural evolution - technology, social organization, and ideology, diaspora, diffusion - direct borrowing and stimulus diffusion, discovery, ecotourism and its promises and dangers to indigenous people, enculturation, globalization, global capitalism, hegemony, indigenous people, industrialization, innovation, invention, Law of Cultural Dominance, the mass media and global identity, politics, political systems (bands, tribes, chiefdoms, states), the longest lasting state, postmodernity, socialization, rural to urban migration, states’ power to use violence, settling disputes in tribes, cultural evolution and technology, social organization, ideology

Key Concepts in Anthropology:
definition of anthropology, the concept of culture, emic/etic, ethnography, human adaptation, informant, gifts and reciprocity (balanced, generalized, negative), symbols, ethnocentrism and cultural relativism

Sex, Gender, and Marriage:
model of human sexuality (core gender identity, gender role, sexual orientation), gender stratification in patriarchal societies, distinctions of biology and culture, Two-Spirit

Religion and Ritual:
canonical and indexical information, communitas, religion, ritual, mana, types of ritual (rites of renewal, reversal) rites of passage three stages - removal, liminality, reincorporation, ad hoc ritual, taboos, totemism, priests, religion and hierarchy, ranked pantheons, theocracy, ritual and practicality, religious leaders and human physiology, “crossing the river”

The Arts:
aesthetics and culture, core aesthetic value, tourism and traditional art, art and ritual objects, traditional art and innovation

Specific cultures/nations from class and the book:
Aztec, Diné (creation story), know locations of Sulawesi (Buginese, bissu, calalai) and Bali, Somalia (Bantu), Trobriand Islands, Kenya/Tanzania (the Masai), and Melanesia (the Lau)

Major Anthropologists of the Past:
Ruth Benedict, Margaret Mead, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Richard Anderson

Films:
Masai Women, The Lau of Malaita, Trobriand Cricket, and Rain in a Dry Land