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DSST General Anthropology

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1. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






2. Lemurs - monkeys - Apes and humans. Prehensile/Grasping hands..Some-opposable thumb - larger males than females. flat fingernails.






3. Family that raised you






4. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






5. World's first cities appeared between the years 4000 and 3500 BC.






6. The study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language.






7. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






8. Using a radioactive process to determine the age of an item. millions of years.






9. With reference to the writing of P. Teilhard de Chardin - a stage - world or sphere of evolutionary development characterized by consciousness - the mind - information and interpersonal relationships.






10. Perform Rituals in belief that ancestors will recognize their own people and make very valuable cargo come (utopian/millenial). John Frum






11. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






12. (Veblen): Display of wealth by its owner for social prestige






13. Shorthand - Morse Code






14. A theory stressing the importance of interdependence among all behavior patterns and institutions within a social system to its long-term survival. (Emile Durkheim)






15. Used to date organic remains and rocks from 50 -000yrs ago to present (atomic physics)






16. Wheat - barley - flax began in Asia. Entered Africa through Nile Delta (Egypt). One form of wheat began in Ethiopia. - Neolithic






17. Animistic/Shamanistic. Animal or other naturalistic figure that spiritually represents a person or a clan (intimate relationship)






18. The sex cell of a plant or animal may contain one factor (allele) for different traits but not both factors needed to express the traits

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19. Chavin - Chibcham Chimor - Chachapoya - Huari - Inca - Moche - Nazca - Tairona - Tiwanaku






20. Father of Modern Anthropology - noted for applying the scientific method to the study of human cultures and societies. Opposed evolutionist.






21. Cultural phenom existed for a reason - but persist when conditions change (superstition=vestige of rational practices).






22. One of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic - such as hair color






23. Africa: Jackals=Dogs. Donkeys - cats. (entered religious thought - animistic philosphy of Egypt) - Neolithic






24. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






25. (HG) Personalized - supernatural beings (souls or gods) inhabit ordinary objects and govern their existence. Everything has a soul. Zambia - Congo - Gabon - Guinea - Indonesia - Japan - Laos - Myanmar - Peru - Philippines (+ Canada - Russia - Sweden






26. First farming. 9-7k BC. Middle East (Iraq - Iran - Israel etc.) Barley - wheat - sheep - goats. (cows/pigs later). Spread from Middle East north to Europe - Neolithic






27. Hispanic ritual - 15 yr girl - sneakers to high heel






28. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






29. Study of remains found in layers of soil and rock






30. Indissoluble in Roman Catholic and Hindu. Pueblo Indians: woman simply leaves moccasins on the doorstep (NM -AZ) No divorce allowed in Malta - Philippines. Low divorce rate in Japan. Islam allows but discourages (3x limit)






31. The sum total of the genes carried by the individual members of the population






32. (Reverence): Most rituals mark day - month - season - year - stage of life - new event. Burial Rituals found from 20kya






33. Authority is allocated. Use force to achieve peace & conformance with law & custom - maintain territory against ext threat.






34. Shift of population from food production to specialization. Strong sense of ownership of land.






35. The elementary structure. all cultural systems are built is a set of four types of organically linked relationships: brother/sister - husband/wife - father/son - and mother's brother/sister's son. (Levi-Strauss).






36. Using anthropological expertise on a practical level to understand and alleviate human problems. Eg - Impact of a new agriculture system in a society - causes of illiteracy among adults in a given group






37. First used in admin of British Colonies by Northcote Thomas in Nigeria in 1908. 'Age of Enlightenment'/Natural Science






38. The 3rd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. Human form of culture. many people in urban center - smelt metals - method of writing.






39. Not universal. Evolved in last 10k years (surplus food - development of states). States are political system most likely to go to war






40. Deoxyribonucleic acid; genetic formation in a double-helix; (Watson & Crick)






41. Identifying impact of federal development on archaeological sites and historical buildings






42. Large neolithic farming village in Turkey during 6700 B.C. - 5700 B.C.






43. The process of removing earth carefully and systemically from an area in order to find buried remains






44. 'Upright Man' - An extinct species of the genus Homo - Africa/Europe/Asia. fire and tools. hand ax. early speech.






45. 'Verbal Evaluation - Patterns of Association - symbolic Indicators(wealth/dress/job)'. Haviland






46. Social Institutions - not theological - philosophical - or psychological phenomenons






47. Anthropologist: Indians (North - Central - South America). Recorded folktales of blacks in N. America and West Indies.






48. Cholula - Huastec - Mixtec - Olmec - Pipil - Totonac - Toltec - Zapote






49. Runway/airstrip/radios (coconuts and straw to attract aircraft with cargo). Ritual marches (twigs/guns - insignia 'USA' to look like soldiers)






50. Viewpoint of Anthropologists. Economy that is embedded within other social structures and institutions. Interaction of humans with their environment - methods of 'want' satisfaction. Holistic. Opponents argue that Formalist approach only applies to m