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DSST General Anthropology

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1. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






2. (Foragers): Earliest and most stable form of human subsistence. Unit of production = Unit of Consumption. Of 150billion who have ever lived - 60% were HG. 99% of history as humans is as HG






3. Traces back to ONE person






4. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






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






6. Indians: Tribal villages (farmer class) - religious urban centers (priest class) - TIME/Astronomy/math - pyramids - reptilian gods.






7. The elementary structure. all cultural systems are built is a set of four types of organically linked relationships: brother/sister - husband/wife - father/son - and mother's brother/sister's son. (Levi-Strauss).






8. 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






9. (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)






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






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






12. Ways to date artifacts






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






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






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






16. Describe behavior in terms familiar to the observer (enables comparative research - and making universal claims)






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






18. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






19. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






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






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






22. The study of the literal meanings and the interpretation of words.






23. Civilization to invent 'zero'






24. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






25. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






26. (some people do it differently) Sex roles - religion - age roles






27. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






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






29. Spread of something from one group to another






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






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






32. 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.






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






34. 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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35. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






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






37. Fixed at birth - unchangeable - endogamous. India: Brahmins - warriors - artisans - laborers (then untouchables)






38. 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






39. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






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






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






42. Collecting community data for use by development planners






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






50. A group of sexually reproducing individuals (of the same species) mating with each other and sharing a common gene pool.