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DSST General Anthropology

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1. People group: (S. Mesopotamia/Iraq). Advanced Tech (bronze tools/weapons). Writing (cuneiform) - law - educations - intellectual - economic. City-state government






2. Change based on belief in inevitable advance of science and Western secularism. Industrial growth - consolidation of the state - bureaucratization - market economy - tech advances - literacy - social mobility






3. Plants and animals all evolved over a long period of time from simple into more complex life forms. (Darwin)






4. Specialization in Indus Socs. Not in Tribal Socs (age/gender decides who does what). Amazon tribes specialize though






5. Method of detecting buried features by locating the magnetic disturbances they cause: (1957-58) proton magnetometer - the proton gradiometer - and the fluxgate gradiometer.






6. Marks change in social or sexual status. Birth - Circumcision - Coming of Age - Wedding - Menopause - Death






7. A change or alteration in nitrogenous bases of DNA.






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






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






10. Ancient Roman patrilineal clan that shared the same surname - and a legendary common ancestor (worshipped)






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






12. Ways to date artifacts






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






14. A larger collection of DNA that contains many genes and the support proteins needed to control these genes.






15. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






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






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






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






19. The genetic makeup of an organism as indicated by its set of alleles - that determines hereditary potential/limits from embyro to adulthood.






20. 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






21. Goods flow to central place - and are distributed again (Eg -US Tax System). Reqs strong central political organization. Sometimes Prestige is derived from giving away valuables






22. Ritual in Burma/Thai boy monks 7-14 - 'Jewel Princess'






23. The process through which genes pass from the gene pool of one population through mating and reproduction to that of another.






24. The application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and 'survival of the fittest' to human societies - particularly as justification for United States expansion. (white man's burden)






25. A group of sexually reproducing individuals (of the same species) mating with each other and sharing a common gene pool.






26. Improve welfare of people in underdeveloped countries (usually through economic growth).






27. The science dealing with the measurement of the human body to determine differences in individuals or groups






28. 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).






29. Spread of something from one group to another






30. Relatives on each side of marriage - extending at least to second cousin. Urbanization - migration = less importance






31. 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






32. The actual time (usually measured in years) as determined by radioactive decay of elements






33. A homo erectus discovered by Dutch physician and anatomist Eugene Dubois in 1891 in JAVA Indonesia -






34. (Foragers): Earliest and most stable form of human subsistence. Unit of production = Unit of Consumption. Of 150billion who have ever lived - 60% were HG. 99% of history as humans is as HG






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






36. A systematic and detailed description of a particular culture primarily based on fieldwork - direct contact - and qualitive research.






37. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






38. Branch of anthropology - systematic and detailed comparison of human races - their origin - distribution - culture - etc.






39. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






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






41. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






42. Permanent formal government structures and socioeconomic stratification. Most people in world's society. Autonomous political units - social classes - Formal govt based on Law - social status - population control - judges - law enf - fiscal.






43. From Africa to Eurasia (through Himalayas/Silk Road - across straight of Gilbralter.






44. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






45. Spread to Huang Ho (Yellow River Valley) of China - and SE Asia by 3500BC (millet and rice).- Neolithic






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






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






48. System of symbols - mediate b/n an individual and his world. Way of Life. Make sense of world - motivate behavior






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






50. The subfield of anthropology that focuses on variations in cultural behaviors among human populations