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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. One of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic - such as hair color






3. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






4. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






5. Perform Rituals in belief that ancestors will recognize their own people and make very valuable cargo come (utopian/millenial). John Frum






6. The 1st in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (hunter-gatherer - hordes - no class - no ownership).






7. Shorthand - Morse Code






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






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






10. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






11. Primitive people. Some people have special power - middlemen b/n man and god. Performs ritual magic to save tribe in trouble






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






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






14. The skeletal remains of Homo erectus - found at Zhoukoudian - near Peking - China - in the late 1930s and early 1940s and subsequently lost during World War II






15. Personal quirks: Get up at certain time - order of getting dressed - etc






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






17. (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






18. Family that raised you






19. Social Institutions - not theological - philosophical - or psychological phenomenons






20. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






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






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






23. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






24. Milan (1957) probe penetrates burial chambers and photographs walls and contents.






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






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






27. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






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






29. 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).






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






31. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






32. Identifying impact of federal development on archaeological sites and historical buildings






33. Characteristics are inherited independently from other characteristics

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






35. (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






36. The earliest member of the genus Homo - ape-like - found on sites dating 2mya Dr. Leakey in Olduvai Gorge - Africa. 775cc brain (1/2 sapien) tool users. Lived 50 -000 years. 'handy man'






37. Using anthropological expertise on a practical level to understand and alleviate human problems. Eg - Impact of a new agriculture system in a society - causes of illiteracy among adults in a given group






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






39. 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






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






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






42. A subdivision within the primate order based on shared anatomical characteristics that larger brains - binocular vision - parental care - longer gestational period - slower maturation.






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






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






45. Anthropologist: Pacific Islands(SamoaPolynesia) - cultural effects on development of personality






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






47. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






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






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






50. A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food - clothing - and shelter.