This study guide was written especially for students in Anthropology 100, Contemporary Non-Western Cultures. This course serves to introduce students to the field of Anthropology and the Anthropology
Department at UNC Greensboro, as well as offering three hours of Global/Non-Western and Social
and Behavioral Science credits.
The goal of this study guide is to help you to learn to distinguish between what is important and what is trivial, and then to understand how the important things interrelate. This is knowledge that should help you not only through this course, but through your college career and your life as well. On completing this course, students should be able to:
- demonstrate how many diverse societies are increasingly interconnected and interdependent in the modern world
- have an understanding of the concepts of ethnocentrism, cultural relativity, and human rights
- develop a sense of tolerance and understanding toward the problems faced by indigenous people in the world today
- challenge the Eurocentric view of world history.
Unit I An Introduction to the Course and the Field of Anthropology
Overview
Lecture Outline—An Introduction to the Course
and the Field of Anthropology
Key Terms and Vocabulary
Groups You Should Know
Article Reviews
Film Report
PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS
Multiple Choice
Matching
Multiple Choice
Short Answer
Essay
Review for Quiz #1—An Introduction to the Course and the Field
of Anthropology
Unit II North America and South America
Overview
Lecture Outline—North America
Key Terms and Vocabulary
Groups You Should Know
Article Reviews
Film Report
PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS
Multiple Choice
Matching
Short Answer
Essay
Lecture Outline—South America
Key Terms and Vocabulary
Groups You Should Know
Article Reviews
PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS
Multiple Choice
Matching
Short Answer
Essay
Review for Quiz #2—North America and South America
Unit III Africa and Oceania
Overview
Lecture Outline—Africa
Key Terms and Vocabulary
Groups You Should Know—Africa
Article Reviews
PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS
Multiple Choice
Matching
Short Answer
Essay
Lecture Outline—Oceania
Key Terms and Vocabulary
Groups You Should Know
Article Reviews
PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS
Multiple Choice
Short Answer
Essay
Review for Quiz #3—Africa and Oceania
Unit IV Conclusion: Tasmania, Australia, Japan and Course Review
Overview
Lecture Outline—Tasmania, Australia, Japan and Course Review
Key Terms and Vocabulary
PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS
Multiple Choice
Short Answer
Essay
Review for Quiz #4—Conclusion: Tasmania, Australia, Japan
and Course Review