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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. Used to date organic remains and rocks from 50 -000yrs ago to present (atomic physics)






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






4. Half way b/n tribe and a state. Permanent political structure. Transitional form of sociopol org in evolution of tribe to state






5. Research that refers to in-depth study using face-to-face or observation techniques to collect data from people in their natural settings.






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. (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






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






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






15. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






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






17. 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






18. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






19. 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.






20. (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






21. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






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






23. Ancestors to modern gorillas - chimpanzees - orangutans and humans who diverged 30 million years ago from monkeys. Characteristics include: large - strong jaw - large brain and partially erect posture.






24. Strong social prohibition. Abhorrent to society. Eg - Hinduism: killing the co






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






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






28. 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)






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






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






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






32. Anthropologist: reciprocity - gift economy - Durkheim's nephew






33. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






34. Not universal. Evolved in last 10k years (surplus food - development of states). States are political system most likely to go to war






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






36. The exchange of genetic material between maternal and paternal chromosomes - creating a new combination of genes on the chromosome.






37. The application of scientific principles to agriculture especially to animal breeding






38. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






39. Spread of an IDEA from one group to another.






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






41. 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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42. Civilization to invent 'zero'






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






44. 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.






45. 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)






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






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. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






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






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







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