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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Acting as a communiction link between producers and users of new technology






2. 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)






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






4. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






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






6. Evaluating other groups according to THEIR standards (not judging)






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






8. The living world. the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist






9. Difference in the genes between different species or members of the same species - caused by the varying number of structure of the chromosome. Not all may be observable as phenotypic variations






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






11. Began 5k ya in Mesopotamia - Egypt - possible to create flood control plans. Later in India - China - then Europe.






12. Species of people that inhabited much of Europe and the Mediterranean lands c. 200 -000-28 -000 years ago. The name derives from the discovery in 1856 of remains in a cave above Germany's Neander Valley. Neanderthals were short - stout - and powerful






13. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. After River (more rigor). Studied American Indians (1880s documented) Coined 'Cultural Relativism'. Sat with elders to hear their historic accounts of their culture. [Salvage ethnography]






14. Action - research & development - community - advocacy - cultural/social marketing






15. Shorthand - Morse Code






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






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






18. Thinkers: linguistics






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






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






21. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






22. Women are material objects - promised to a man in return for reciprocity (usually another woman - or political alliance






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






24. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






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






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






27. 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






28. Domestication of plants - gardening using man-powered tools. Labor Intensive/Surplus/Social Stratification






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






30. Chopper-chopping tool industry (Pebble Industry). Wood -bone -stone tools. Homo Erectus. Hand-Axe (700kya): Abbevillian Industry (France) and later - Acheulian Industry (Eur/Af/As). Flake Stone Tools (flint): Clactonian Industry






31. Family that raised you






32. The linguistic hypothesis holds that language predisposes us to see the world in a certain way was developed by these two.






33. Personal quirks: Get up at certain time - order of getting dressed - etc






34. Things all people do the same way (language)






35. Value of gift and time of repayment are not specified






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






37. 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)






38. Spread of something from one group to another






39. Based on institutionalized beliefs and practices dealing with ultimate meaning of life. Belief stems from their experience of the world.






40. Technology that Spread east to Indus River Valley (India) by 5k BC






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






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






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






44. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






45. Primary form of support for existing political leadership. Based on internal values of the people - not so much coercion






46. The aspect of archaeology that deals with the past of man before he learned to write has - since the middle of the 19th century - aka prehistory.






47. 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






48. Man marries widow of his dead brother






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






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







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