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DSST General Anthropology

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1. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






2. A social bond based on common ancestry - marriage - or adoption






3. Early humans and human like creature. Erect - large complex brain - tool-using - community organization.






4. Eg - Barter. Scarce goods from one group are exchanged for desirable goods from another group. Giver tries to come out on top. Ultimate form = taking by force.






5. Marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law






6. African CLICK language speakers. (click also used in Bantu - Zulu - Xhosa - Damin)






7. A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food - clothing - and shelter.






8. All cultures accept. But only 20% of societies are considered strictly monogamous (one marriage per lifetime)






9. Refined the Flake Stone Tools (flint): Mousterian Industry. Neanderthal Man.






10. Ritual in Japan/Samurai - boys 12-16 - temple - adult clothes/hair






11. Evaluate other groups according to OUR OWN standards (judging)






12. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






13. 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).






14. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






15. Each inherited characteristic is determined by two heredity factors/genes - one from each parent - which determines whether a gene will be dominant or recessive.

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16. Ways to date artifacts






17. Random change in allele frequencies that occurs in small populations. Sewall-Wright effect






18. Yanonamo Village invites another village. Social gathering/political alliances (like dinner party). Yan=deceiptful






19. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






20. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. Ethnographic fieldwork - reciprocity - Pacific Islands. After Rivers (more rigor) 'Participant Observation'. WWI spent 2 years in Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)






21. The observable characteristics of an organism - including physical appearance.






22. Marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law






23. (some people do it differently) Sex roles - religion - age roles






24. Religion. Most important intellectual development. Flourished b/c of weakening Egypt & annihilation of Hittites (1200BC)






25. Determining the success of a project






26. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






27. Penalty for violating moral principle or law. Larger society=more formal sanction






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






29. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






30. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






31. Cohesive set of myths (religion/belief system)






32. Created by Setting upper grindstone at an angle when grinding red ochre=sharp edge=Celt (like a chisel or axe - Egypt)- Neolithic






33. Milan (1957) probe penetrates burial chambers and photographs walls and contents.






34. Communal Ownership of Land. Some ownership - but pastures - forests - mountains - waterways - sacred grounds - are shared






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






36. Ceremonial distrib of property/gifts to affirm social status. Ritual generosity - conspic consump. Wealth used to purchase Prestige. NW Pacific Indian Tribes Haida - Nuxalk - Tlingit - Tsimshian - Salish - Nuu-chah-nulth - and Kwakiutl. Also similar






37. Catarrhini (hooked nose). Asia - Africa - Europe. large mammals. ground dwellers. carniverous. harems/sexual dimorphism. non-prehensile tails (baboons - macaque - proboscic monkey.






38. Set of rights and obligations inherent in a social position.






39. Exchange of goods/services/gifts/emotions b/n two parties. Often ritual/ceremony. Characteristic of HG groups






40. Common ancestor. Endogamy forbidden (regarded as incest). Can be Matriclan/Patriclan






41. Spread of innovations in the Cradle of Civilization . Modified: Various centers spread innovation






42. Shorthand - Morse Code






43. Food foragers (in-sync with env - see themselves as a harmonious part of natural world).






44. Symbols that provide info about a person or object (red light=danger)






45. Ruthless empire. By 665BC=Palestine - Syria - Asia Minor - Persian Gulf. buffer b/n civil Middle East & Barbarians.fell in 612BC. Internal revolution - and defeat by NeoBabylonians (Chaldeans)






46. Non-industrial socs. People produce own food - but an elite controls a portion of production






47. Category of individuals who enjoy equal prestige according to a society. (Perception of class is relative). Economics - social status - aesthetic preferences - behavior - occupation - appearance - civic involvement






48. Transfer of cultural traits/ideas from one society/ethnic group to another. McDonald's (US=Fast Food - China=Special Occasion)






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






50. States (see themselves as manipulating their environment - controlling it - dominating it - for self-interest).