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aabwk4 · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

What is the primary purpose of practicing applied anthropology?

a. It provides case studies to determine the accuracy of new anthropological theories.
b. It establishes new fieldsites where future anthropologists can work.
c. It allows the use of anthropological knowledge to solve practical problems.
d. It allows anthropologists to work with non-governmental agencies to establish democracy.
e. It provides students with areas where they can practice doing fieldwork.

Question 2

Anthropologists doing fieldwork typically involve themselves in many different experiences. They try to investigate not just one aspect of culture (such as the political system) but how all aspects relate to each other (for example, how the political system fits with economic institutions, religious beliefs, etc.). This perspective is called:

a. holism.
b. ethnology.
c. comparison.
d. participation.
e. culture-boundedness.