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DSST General Anthropology

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1. 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






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






3. Study of human activity and cultures through material remains. non-natural science. half science - half humanity. Fills in gaps in human history.






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






5. USA/Mexico/C. Am. Corn (maize) - beans - squash 6500BC (village life not until 2k BC).- Neolithic






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






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






8. Spread of something from one group to another






9. Research in which the data is recorded in numerical form.






10. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






11. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






12. Belief of early anthropologist that cultures evolve through various stages from a simpler and more primitive state to a complex and more culturally advanced state.






13. Thinkers: linguistics






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






15. Ritual in Japan/Samurai - boys 12-16 - temple - adult clothes/hair






16. The school of thought developed by the French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss - in which cultures - viewed as systems - are analyzed in terms of the structural relations among their elements. Referring to mental structure.






17. Plants and animals all evolved over a long period of time from simple into more complex life forms. (Darwin)






18. Hispanic ritual - 15 yr girl - sneakers to high heel






19. The study of the patterns and distributions of speech sounds in a language and the tacit rules for their pronunciation.






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






21. The sex cell of a plant or animal may contain one factor (allele) for different traits but not both factors needed to express the traits

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22. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






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






24. A homo erectus discovered by Dutch physician and anatomist Eugene Dubois in 1891 in JAVA Indonesia -






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






26. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






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






28. (Veblen): Display of wealth by its owner for social prestige






29. 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)






30. Relatives through marriage






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






32. Civilization to invent 'zero'






33. Began 5k ya in Mesopotamia - Egypt - possible to create flood control plans. Later in India - China - then Europe.






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






35. The application of scientific principles to agriculture especially to animal breeding






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






38. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






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






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






42. 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]






43. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






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






45. A theory stressing the importance of interdependence among all behavior patterns and institutions within a social system to its long-term survival. (Emile Durkheim)






46. An impersonal supernatural force that flows in and out of people and objects






47. New family you form when you marry and have children.






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






49. 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.






50. Refined the Flake Stone Tools (flint): Mousterian Industry. Neanderthal Man.