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DSST General Anthropology

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1. 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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2. Thinker: social stratification






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






4. Buying/selling goods & Services with prices set by supply & demand. (usually involves money). Haviland: Informal v. Formal (govt controlled)






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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)






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






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






14. Person is considered equally related to kinfolk on either side of the family. Western Socs. (bilateral)






15. German archeologists who discovered the site of Troy in the late 1800's






16. 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






17. The process by which a living organism adapts to its environment.






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






19. Scarcity - Supply & Demand - Self-interest - personal gain - rational decision-making. Economy can be analyzed independent of other social structures and institutions.Emph: Choice of Indiv actor






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






21. The commonness of the occurrence of any particular allele in a population (a fraction)






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






23. (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






24. 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






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






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






27. Married couple + Kids (incl. Foster - adopted - natural children). Most common form in US.aka Conjugal Family






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






29. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






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. Value of gift and time of repayment are not specified






32. (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest






33. Theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. (Talcott Parsons)






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






35. Holistic study of humanity.






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






37. (skills that only some people have) Playing guitar - understanding algebra.






38. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






39. Also known as 'biological anthropology -' studies the mechanisms of biological evolution - genetic inheritance - human adaptability and variation - primatology - and the fossil record of human evolution.






40. Logic/Observation (not gods). Thales - Xenophanes - Pyhtagorus - Hippocrates. Differed from Near Eastern thought.






41. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






42. Half way b/n tribe and state. Kin-based. Permanent group-based differencesin access to resources. Permanent Political Structure






43. (Middle Stone Age): 10kya. Hunter/Gatherer (w/ fish). Baskets - Pots - - harpoons - canoes - store food. Holocene. Not much development in art - focused on inventions - diversification of subsistence strategies






44. (New Stone Age): 10kya. Domestic animals - villages - pottery - weaving - food producing (not collecting). Holocene. Beginning of real civilization (Final stage of prehistoric cult evol/techno dev)






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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







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