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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Indissoluble in Roman Catholic and Hindu. Pueblo Indians: woman simply leaves moccasins on the doorstep (NM -AZ) No divorce allowed in Malta - Philippines. Low divorce rate in Japan. Islam allows but discourages (3x limit)






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






3. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






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






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






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






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






8. The subfield of anthropology that focuses on variations in cultural behaviors among human populations






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






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






11. Political order (polity) is not a distinct institution - it is embedded in the overall social order. No formal govt






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






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






14. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






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






16. Study of remains found in layers of soil and rock






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






18. Relatives through marriage






19. A systematic and detailed description of a particular culture primarily based on fieldwork - direct contact - and qualitive research.






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






21. Collecting community data for use by development planners






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






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






24. (Reverence): Most rituals mark day - month - season - year - stage of life - new event. Burial Rituals found from 20kya






25. Symbols that provide info about a person or object (red light=danger)






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






27. 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)






28. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






29. 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'






30. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






31. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. Ethnographic fieldwork - reciprocity - Pacific Islands. After Rivers (more rigor) 'Participant Observation'. WWI spent 2 years in Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)






32. Found Australopathicus skull in 1959. Upright human footprints in 1978






33. The 2nd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (Domestication of animals - cultivation)






34. Large neolithic farming village in Turkey during 6700 B.C. - 5700 B.C.






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






36. Said anthropology is a 'Policy Science'. Urged for its use in improving the human condition. What is Culture - cross-cultural.






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






38. Mobile Foragers (Eskimo) combine nuclear families. Don't allow accumulated wealth - prize generosity - equality of resources






39. Giving and receiving are specific as to value of goods - and time of delivery.






40. Person is considered equally related to kinfolk on either side of the family. Western Socs. (bilateral)






41. 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.






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






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






44. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






45. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






46. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. After River (more rigor). Studied American Indians (1880s documented) Coined 'Cultural Relativism'. Sat with elders to hear their historic accounts of their culture. [Salvage ethnography]






47. Technology that Spread east to Indus River Valley (India) by 5k BC






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






49. Marks change in social or sexual status. Birth - Circumcision - Coming of Age - Wedding - Menopause - Death






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