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DSST General Anthropology

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1. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






2. 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






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






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






5. Lord owned the land. Allocated land to Nobles (for loyalty/mil service). Serfs/slaves=Actually Part of the Property






6. Story with deep explanatory or symbolic resonance for a culture






7. Family that raised you






8. Characteristics are inherited independently from other characteristics


9. Common in non-intensive food production. Villages=Various descent groups (clans/bands) - no formal govt or social classes.






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






11. Personal quirks: Get up at certain time - order of getting dressed - etc






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






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






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






15. Created by Setting upper grindstone at an angle when grinding red ochre=sharp edge=Celt (like a chisel or axe - Egypt)- Neolithic






16. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






17. Cholula - Huastec - Mixtec - Olmec - Pipil - Totonac - Toltec - Zapote






18. 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.






19. The linguistic hypothesis holds that language predisposes us to see the world in a certain way was developed by these two.






20. Improve welfare of people in underdeveloped countries (usually through economic growth).






21. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






22. Each inherited characteristic is determined by two heredity factors/genes - one from each parent - which determines whether a gene will be dominant or recessive.


23. Communication element. Represents a complex of person - object - group - or idea. Graphically or Representationally.






24. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






25. 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)






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






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






28. 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)






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






30. Platyrrhini - south america - small mammals - tree dwellers - prehensile tails - noctural - monogamous (gibbons - marmosets)






31. (HG) Personalized - supernatural beings (souls or gods) inhabit ordinary objects and govern their existence. Everything has a soul. Zambia - Congo - Gabon - Guinea - Indonesia - Japan - Laos - Myanmar - Peru - Philippines (+ Canada - Russia - Sweden






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






33. Essential mechanism of evolution proposed by Charles Darwin - and is the process by which those members of a particular species that are better adapted to their environment survive longer and produce more offspring than the poorer adapted.






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






35. Research that refers to in-depth study using face-to-face or observation techniques to collect data from people in their natural settings.






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






37. The process by which a living organism adapts to its environment.






38. Logic/Observation (not gods). Thales - Xenophanes - Pyhtagorus - Hippocrates. Differed from Near Eastern thought.






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






40. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






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






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






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






44. Referring to time as it relates to something older or younger; not exact dates.






45. Indians: Tribal villages (farmer class) - religious urban centers (priest class) - TIME/Astronomy/math - pyramids - reptilian gods.






46. Man marries widow of his dead brother






47. Thinkers: linguistics






48. Ceremonial distrib of property/gifts to affirm social status. Ritual generosity - conspic consump. Wealth used to purchase Prestige. NW Pacific Indian Tribes Haida - Nuxalk - Tlingit - Tsimshian - Salish - Nuu-chah-nulth - and Kwakiutl. Also similar






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






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