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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






3. 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'






4. Man marries widow of his dead brother






5. Africa: Jackals=Dogs. Donkeys - cats. (entered religious thought - animistic philosphy of Egypt) - Neolithic






6. Seperation(leave) - Liminality(limbo) - Incorporation(rejoin).






7. Ruthless empire. By 665BC=Palestine - Syria - Asia Minor - Persian Gulf. buffer b/n civil Middle East & Barbarians.fell in 612BC. Internal revolution - and defeat by NeoBabylonians (Chaldeans)






8. Primitive people. Some people have special power - middlemen b/n man and god. Performs ritual magic to save tribe in trouble






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






10. 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






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






12. The discovery and recording of archaeological sites and their examination by methods other than the use of the spade and the trowel






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






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






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






16. (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest






17. Runway/airstrip/radios (coconuts and straw to attract aircraft with cargo). Ritual marches (twigs/guns - insignia 'USA' to look like soldiers)






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






19. Half way b/n tribe and a state. Permanent political structure. Transitional form of sociopol org in evolution of tribe to state






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






21. Cultural phenom existed for a reason - but persist when conditions change (superstition=vestige of rational practices).






22. Thinkers: linguistics






23. Transfer of cultural traits/ideas from one society/ethnic group to another. McDonald's (US=Fast Food - China=Special Occasion)






24. Marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law






25. Identifying impact of federal development on archaeological sites and historical buildings






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Collecting community data for use by development planners






37. Cradle of mankind. tanzania (30m long) Leakey family (1950s) 7 layers. found tools of habillus and erectus.






38. Describe behavior in insider/natives own terms. Actor's own reasons - interpretations - customs - beliefs






39. Anthropologist: Survival=Symbolic form of earlier custom (mock battle in nuptial rituals=vestige of actually 'capturing the bride'






40. Civilization to invent 'zero'






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






42. A social bond based on common ancestry - marriage - or adoption






43. Thinker: social stratification






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






45. Invented smelting of iron






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






47. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






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






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






50. A larger collection of DNA that contains many genes and the support proteins needed to control these genes.