Across
- 2. A type of analogy which states societies evolve much like biological organisms, from the simple to the complex
- 4. A method that begins with simple statements thought to be true about the world and collect data to support the statement
- 5. A system of social relations connecting people who are held to be related
- 8. An idea at the height of the colonial era in which "primitive" societies were treated like children
- 10. A historic period in which belief in science and technology yielding progress grew as the Industrial Revolution took hold
- 12. The name of a hypothesis (named after two anthropologists) that states the language determines the categories we use to think
- 14. The method that uses data from different societies to create an evolutionary typology
- 15. As applied to culture, this concept stresses understanding traits in context
- 16. Partially consists of patterned ways of thinking feeling and reacting; a foundational concept in Anthropology
- 18. Seeks explanation; to answer "why" questions
- 20. According to Morgan, this is the highest condition of society in his Ethnical Periods
- 21. German philosopher who influenced Boas; stressed interpretive understanding aka fieldwork
- 22. According to Morgan, this is the lowest condition of society in his Ethnical Periods
- 23. The type of anthropologists that relied primarily on observations from colonial administrators, naturalists, explorers and military members (all second hand)
- 24. An anthropologist who advocated learning the language and living in the field to make anthropology more rigorous and scientific
Down
- 1. Teaches a course that has theory as the bedrock of the course; asks us to think about “What is culture?”
- 3. The systematic extension of a country's power and influence through military or diplomacy
- 6. Historical _______; Rather than looking for universal laws of social change, this method is based on study of dynamic changes in society observed at the present time
- 7. The Bible's explanation of human diversity owing to the fall of the Tower of Babel
- 9. The type of fieldwork that is now a hallmark of anthropology; based on experience based knowledge
- 11. A type of proposed theory of cultural evolution that led from a primitive past to modern European culture
- 13. A method that begins with observation and data gathering and then attempts to form generalities or laws
- 17. 4-field approach (involves physical, cultural, linguistic, and archaeology)
- 19. According to Morgan, this is the middle condition of society in his Ethnical Periods