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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






3. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






4. With reference to the writing of P. Teilhard de Chardin - a stage - world or sphere of evolutionary development characterized by consciousness - the mind - information and interpersonal relationships.






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






6. Change based on belief in inevitable advance of science and Western secularism. Industrial growth - consolidation of the state - bureaucratization - market economy - tech advances - literacy - social mobility






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






8. Chopper-chopping tool industry (Pebble Industry). Wood -bone -stone tools. Homo Erectus. Hand-Axe (700kya): Abbevillian Industry (France) and later - Acheulian Industry (Eur/Af/As). Flake Stone Tools (flint): Clactonian Industry






9. The study of the literal meanings and the interpretation of words.






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






11. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






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






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






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






15. Spread to Huang Ho (Yellow River Valley) of China - and SE Asia by 3500BC (millet and rice).- Neolithic






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






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






18. Skipped Bronze Age. Intermediate Neolithic tools were used instead (Zaire - Ghana). But not in Kenya (no celts - axes etc)






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






20. Associated with Julian Steward - study of adaptation of social culture to natural resources and other human groups.






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






22. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






23. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






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






25. 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.






26. The process through which genes pass from the gene pool of one population through mating and reproduction to that of another.






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






28. Exchange of goods/services/gifts/emotions b/n two parties. Often ritual/ceremony. Characteristic of HG groups






29. 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]






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






31. Using a radioactive process to determine the age of an item. millions of years.






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






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






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






35. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






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






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






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






39. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






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






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






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






43. Form of government of Hittites - Assyrians - Babylonians - Israelites






44. Anthropologist: Indians (North - Central - South America). Recorded folktales of blacks in N. America and West Indies.






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






46. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






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






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






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






50. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys







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