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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. The sum total of the genes carried by the individual members of the population






3. Africa: Jackals=Dogs. Donkeys - cats. (entered religious thought - animistic philosphy of Egypt) - Neolithic






4. By-product of grinding red ochre (magic powers) - Neolithic






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






6. Acting as a communiction link between producers and users of new technology






7. 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






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






9. Lord owned the land. Allocated land to Nobles (for loyalty/mil service). Serfs/slaves=Actually Part of the Property






10. Old Stone Age. 2.5 mya - 2kya. Chipped stone tools. earliest human ancestors. pleistocene.






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






12. (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






13. Adenine - guanine - cytosine - thymine that form genetic code.






14. Cluster of 3 or more sibs - clans - kinship groups considered a single unit (but retain sep IDs within) - Native Americans: Used animal sign to ID (Tlingit Tribe: Matri] - Intermarriage b/n phratries was mandated)






15. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






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






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






18. 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






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






20. Spread of something from one group to another






21. First used in admin of British Colonies by Northcote Thomas in Nigeria in 1908. 'Age of Enlightenment'/Natural Science






22. Family that raised you






23. Social Movements to build an ideology that is relevant to changing cultural needs (their understanding of world). Eg: Melanesian Cargo Cults - or Mormonism in the US (Joseph Smith)






24. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






25. Non-industrial socs. People produce own food - but an elite controls a portion of production






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






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






28. Animistic/Shamanistic. Animal or other naturalistic figure that spiritually represents a person or a clan (intimate relationship)






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






30. Permanent formal government structures and socioeconomic stratification. Most people in world's society. Autonomous political units - social classes - Formal govt based on Law - social status - population control - judges - law enf - fiscal.






31. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






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






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






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






35. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






36. Cultural phenom existed for a reason - but persist when conditions change (superstition=vestige of rational practices).






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






38. Holistic study of humanity.






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






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






41. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






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






43. The scientific study of the structure - sounds - and meaning of language






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






45. The study of the different sounds employed by language.






46. 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






47. Lemurs - monkeys - Apes and humans. Prehensile/Grasping hands..Some-opposable thumb - larger males than females. flat fingernails.






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






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






50. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






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