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DSST General Anthropology

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1. 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.






2. 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.






3. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






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






5. 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






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






7. Development of Civilizations: Copper & Tin=Bronze. Replaced stone for tools/weapons






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






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






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






11. Using anthropological expertise on a practical level to understand and alleviate human problems. Eg - Impact of a new agriculture system in a society - causes of illiteracy among adults in a given group






12. 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).






13. The study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language.






14. Traces back to ONE person






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






16. 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






17. Catarrhini (hooked nose). Asia - Africa - Europe. large mammals. ground dwellers. carniverous. harems/sexual dimorphism. non-prehensile tails (baboons - macaque - proboscic monkey.






18. 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






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






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






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






22. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






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






24. Determining the success of a project






25. Also known as 'biological anthropology -' studies the mechanisms of biological evolution - genetic inheritance - human adaptability and variation - primatology - and the fossil record of human evolution.






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






27. A group of sexually reproducing individuals (of the same species) mating with each other and sharing a common gene pool.






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






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






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






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






32. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






33. Deoxyribonucleic acid; genetic formation in a double-helix; (Watson & Crick)






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






35. Based on institutionalized beliefs and practices dealing with ultimate meaning of life. Belief stems from their experience of the world.






36. 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.






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






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






39. 'Verbal Evaluation - Patterns of Association - symbolic Indicators(wealth/dress/job)'. Haviland






40. Difference in the genes between different species or members of the same species - caused by the varying number of structure of the chromosome. Not all may be observable as phenotypic variations






41. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






42. Provisional sampling cuts to explore potential excavation sites. Tigris/Euphrates flooded regularly so hard to navigate.






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






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






45. Method of detecting buried features by locating the magnetic disturbances they cause: (1957-58) proton magnetometer - the proton gradiometer - and the fluxgate gradiometer.






46. Penalty for violating moral principle or law. Larger society=more formal sanction






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






48. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






49. Strong social prohibition. Abhorrent to society. Eg - Hinduism: killing the co






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