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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Said anthropology is a 'Policy Science'. Urged for its use in improving the human condition. What is Culture - cross-cultural.






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






3. Referring to time as it relates to something older or younger; not exact dates.






4. Any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation






5. An impersonal supernatural force that flows in and out of people and objects






6. Form of government of Hittites - Assyrians - Babylonians - Israelites






7. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






8. Mobile Foragers (Eskimo) combine nuclear families. Don't allow accumulated wealth - prize generosity - equality of resources






9. Common in non-intensive food production. Villages=Various descent groups (clans/bands) - no formal govt or social classes.






10. Holistic study of humanity.






11. Political order (polity) is not a distinct institution - it is embedded in the overall social order. No formal govt






12. King of Babylon. had law code (discipline - order in society - pessimistic outlook) Sanctioned by the gods






13. The discovery and recording of archaeological sites and their examination by methods other than the use of the spade and the trowel






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






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






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






17. Communication element. Represents a complex of person - object - group - or idea. Graphically or Representationally.






18. 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






19. Muslim (up to 4 wives by law). Middle East - Asia - North Africa. Native Americans (before European values)






20. Shorthand - Morse Code






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






22. Closest living animal to modern humans. 96% same DNA.






23. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






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






25. Either of 2 sibs - clans - kinship groups - of unilateral descent - that together make up a tribe or society






26. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






27. Man marries widow of his dead brother






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






29. Anthropologist: 12-volume comparative study of Religion (using ethnographic details) - evolution of religion from magic.






30. What people ACTUALLY do in everyday - real life interactio






31. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






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






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






34. Invented smelting of iron






35. Study of human activity and cultures through material remains. non-natural science. half science - half humanity. Fills in gaps in human history.






36. Early anthropologists such as E.B. Taylor and J.G. Frazer in England who worked mostly with materials collected by others - usually missionaries - traders - explorers - or colonial officials.






37. 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.






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






39. Anthropologist: Survival=Symbolic form of earlier custom (mock battle in nuptial rituals=vestige of actually 'capturing the bride'






40. Determining the success of a project






41. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






42. Story with deep explanatory or symbolic resonance for a culture






43. The 2nd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (Domestication of animals - cultivation)






44. Gene flow usually occuring in humans as a result of actual migration of populations (either forced or voluntary).






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






46. Consists of social impact assessment - evaluation research - technology development research - cultural resource assessment






47. The children of a parent's siblings of the opposite sex (mother's brothers - father's sisters).






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






49. 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






50. Small segment of DNA that codes for the systhesis (creation) of a specific protein - and thus determines a trait.