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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Cohesive set of myths (religion/belief system)






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






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






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






5. The 3rd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. Human form of culture. many people in urban center - smelt metals - method of writing.






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






11. 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






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






13. 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)






14. Spread to Huang Ho (Yellow River Valley) of China - and SE Asia by 3500BC (millet and rice).- Neolithic






15. 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).






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






17. The science dealing with the measurement of the human body to determine differences in individuals or groups






18. Family that raised you






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






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






21. Relatives through marriage






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






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






24. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






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






26. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






27. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






28. 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






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






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






31. Wheat - barley - flax began in Asia. Entered Africa through Nile Delta (Egypt). One form of wheat began in Ethiopia. - Neolithic






32. Mexico - sun/war/civilization gods - subord women - human sacrifice - cannibalism - time/calendars. Caste system - architecture - learning and the arts - polytheistic - pictorial alphabet






33. Shorthand - Morse Code






34. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






35. 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






36. Vietnam War (Jesus=jeep/camo) - Native Americans (Dance of the Spirits) - Africa (Abacus/Menstrual Cycle)






37. Collecting community data for use by development planners






38. Seperation(leave) - Liminality(limbo) - Incorporation(rejoin).






39. The application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and 'survival of the fittest' to human societies - particularly as justification for United States expansion. (white man's burden)






40. 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.






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






42. Anthropologist: (early 1900s): Culture = combination of universals - alternatives - specialties - individual peculiarities. The Study of Man (1936) and The Tree of Culture (1955)






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






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






45. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






46. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






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






48. Food foragers (in-sync with env - see themselves as a harmonious part of natural world).






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






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