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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Melanesia (SW Pacific WWII+). Western goods created by ancestral spirits (intended for them - but controlled by whites).






2. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






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






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






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






6. Common ancestor. Endogamy forbidden (regarded as incest). Can be Matriclan/Patriclan






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






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






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






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






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






12. Communal Ownership of Land. Some ownership - but pastures - forests - mountains - waterways - sacred grounds - are shared






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






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






15. Marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law






16. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






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






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






19. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






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






21. Anthropologist: After armchair anthro...embarked on early anthro expeditions (not scientifically rigorous).






22. Holistic study of humanity.






23. 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






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






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






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






27. First farming. 9-7k BC. Middle East (Iraq - Iran - Israel etc.) Barley - wheat - sheep - goats. (cows/pigs later). Spread from Middle East north to Europe - Neolithic






28. 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.






29. German archeologists who discovered the site of Troy in the late 1800's






30. 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






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






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






33. 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).






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






35. African CLICK language speakers. (click also used in Bantu - Zulu - Xhosa - Damin)






36. Value of gift and time of repayment are not specified






37. Massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mudbricks. It is associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities - Sumerians.






38. The observable characteristics of an organism - including physical appearance.






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






40. Earliest known bipedal hominid with ape like brain - ex. Lucy 3.2 mya. 400cc brain. Africa.






41. Scarcity - Supply & Demand - Self-interest - personal gain - rational decision-making. Economy can be analyzed independent of other social structures and institutions.Emph: Choice of Indiv actor






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






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






44. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






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






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






47. Either of 2 sibs - clans - kinship groups - of unilateral descent - that together make up a tribe or society






48. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






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






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