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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






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






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






5. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






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






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






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






9. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






10. The study of the principles and rules that regulate word structure in language.






11. Collecting community data for use by development planners






12. Earliest known bipedal hominid with ape like brain - ex. Lucy 3.2 mya. 400cc brain. Africa.






13. 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.






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






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






16. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






17. 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.






18. Groups descended from mother or father's line only. (unilateral)






19. Anthrpologist: Arapaho - archeo/anthro. preservation of Indian tribal culture. salvage ethnography. student of Boas.






20. 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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21. Cradle of mankind. tanzania (30m long) Leakey family (1950s) 7 layers. found tools of habillus and erectus.






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






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






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






25. Characteristics are inherited independently from other characteristics

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






27. The study of how people use language in context - how utterances are used - either figuratively or literally - in communicative acts.






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






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






30. New family you form when you marry and have children.






31. World's first cities appeared between the years 4000 and 3500 BC.






32. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






33. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






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






35. Spread from Middle East north to Europe (across Turkey/Greece into C. Eur. AND across Egypt/N Afr to Spain).Britain and Scandinavia became farming after 3k BC (Mesolithic Period).- Neolithic






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






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






38. Set of rights and obligations inherent in a social position.






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






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






41. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






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






43. Position from which members engage in social practices. (Sociology focuses on interrelationship/effect of status






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






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






46. Family that raised you






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






48. A subdivision within the primate order based on shared anatomical primitive traits: side eyes - wet nose - nocturnal - dental combs






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






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







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