How it works
Four rounds for an intro class or a department social: what the word means and how the field is divided, the societies and people who founded it, its many branches, and the methods it works by.
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Fields and founders
The word and the four fields asks what archaeology, biological, cultural and linguistic anthropology each study. Societies and founders runs from Copenhagen in 1647 to Paris, London and New York, with Broca, Tylor, Boas and Malinowski.
Branches and methods
Branches of the field matches names to definitions: ethnomusicology, ethnohistory, anthrozoology and more. Methods and ideas covers fieldwork, participant observation and cultural relativism.
- Branches of the field works as a matching game: read the definition aloud and let teams name the branch.
Questions and answers
What are the four fields of anthropology?
Biological or physical anthropology, sociocultural anthropology, archaeological anthropology and linguistic anthropology. Franz Boas developed the four field approach in the United States in the early 20th century.
What does the word anthropology mean?
It joins two Greek words, one meaning human and one meaning study. Its present use first appeared in Renaissance Germany, and it had begun to be used in English by the early 18th century.
What are some easy anthropology trivia questions?
What do anthropologists call work done in a community in its own setting? Which field is often called the anthropology of the past? What does ethnomusicology study? The answers are fieldwork, archaeology and music.
How were the answers checked?
Each was read on October 3, 2026 in the English Wikipedia article Anthropology, linked under the question. Every person who is an answer has died, and the sections on religion, medicine and the military are not asked.