Anthropology Short Essay

Please asnwer 4 of the following questions

 

Answers to each questions have to be at least 1.5 pages long but no more than 2 pages

 

you must type answers in TImes New Roman 12pt font, double spaced with 1″ margin

 

I am providing the class note for this unit.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vwebc1zmuo649vj/AABFborhO0I1rVEXt77Bzyksa

 

 

You may use notes, text books or other authoritative sources to answer these questions

 

 

 

 

Questions (Answer any 4 of the following questions)

 

1. Anthropologists have noted that, cross culturally, there is not a close connection

between being male or female biologically and gender perceptions or behavior. What

does this statement mean?

2. What are the kinds of violent and non-violent dispute resolution mechanisms used by

various societies?

3. All cultures change over time. There are many reasons for this. What evidence shows

that technology and economy are particularly important causes of culture change?

4. There is currently much debate about the effects of Globalization on cultures around

the world. What arguments would you make for and against these effects?

5. Some anthropologists wonder if technological and economic change is occurring so

rapidly that it defeats democratic processes; i.e., the ability of people to understand and

control new technologies that will have an impact on their lives. Is there evidence, in

your opinion, that this view is right or wrong?

6. Some have suggested that warfare, or at least really destructive forms of war, did not

exist in ancient tribal and hunter-gatherer societies. This view sometimes argues that war

was not common in human history until the rise of advanced civilizations. Why do you

think this view is true or false?

7. At one time, some Anthropologists predicted that magic and religion would disappear

from our society, particularly as science and technology advanced. How, in your view,

has this prediction worked out? Give examples.