Anthropology Vocabulary Words

Can you identify these words relating to the study of Anthropology? This quiz is challenging for the novice.

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Anthropology is broken into four subfields - archaeology, linguistics, biologic & cultural

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Hint	Answer
Society's ideas and values that are reflected in that group's behavior	Culture
Process by which the above is passed between generations	Enculturation
Identification of human remains for legal purposes	Forensics
General term for on-location research	Fieldwork
Detailed description of a group based on the above	Ethnography
Based on observations of the world rather than intuition or faith	Empirical
Process by which species biologically change over time	Evolution
Worldwide interconnectedness especially in trade	Globalization
Meanings assigned to the biological differentiation of the sexes	Gender
"National Customs" ; the expression of cultural ideas by a group	Ethnicity
Arbitrary item, sign or sound empowered with meaning	Symbol
Economic foundation of a society; also refers to roads	Infrastructure
Change in behavior or biology caused by a change in environment	Adaptation
Communication using sounds or gestures that follows a set of rules	Language
Series of symbols representing the sounds of a language	Alphabet
Communication form that reflects regions, occupations or social class	Dialect
The study of communication sounds	Phonology
Type of data that includes nonstatistical information such as stories	Qualitative
Study of living and fossil primates	Primatology
Extinct proto-human group living in Europe about 30,000 years ago	Neandertals

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