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DSST General Anthropology

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1. All cultures accept. But only 20% of societies are considered strictly monogamous (one marriage per lifetime)






2. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






3. 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






4. Gene flow usually occuring in humans as a result of actual migration of populations (either forced or voluntary).






5. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






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






7. Consists of social impact assessment - evaluation research - technology development research - cultural resource assessment






8. Characteristics are inherited independently from other characteristics

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9. Animistic/Shamanistic. Animal or other naturalistic figure that spiritually represents a person or a clan (intimate relationship)






10. Women are material objects - promised to a man in return for reciprocity (usually another woman - or political alliance






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






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






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






14. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






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






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






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






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






19. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






20. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






21. Set of rights and obligations inherent in a social position.






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






23. The exchange of genetic material between maternal and paternal chromosomes - creating a new combination of genes on the chromosome.






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






25. Traces back to ONE person






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






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






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






29. Massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mudbricks. It is associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities - Sumerians.






30. Perform Rituals in belief that ancestors will recognize their own people and make very valuable cargo come (utopian/millenial). John Frum






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






32. Wheat - barley - flax began in Asia. Entered Africa through Nile Delta (Egypt). One form of wheat began in Ethiopia. - Neolithic






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






34. Anthropologist: (early 1900s): Culture = combination of universals - alternatives - specialties - individual peculiarities. The Study of Man (1936) and The Tree of Culture (1955)






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






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






37. Closest living animal to modern humans. 96% same DNA.






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






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






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






41. Spread from Middle East north to Europe (across Turkey/Greece into C. Eur. AND across Egypt/N Afr to Spain).Britain and Scandinavia became farming after 3k BC (Mesolithic Period).- Neolithic






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






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






44. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






45. Political order (polity) is not a distinct institution - it is embedded in the overall social order. No formal govt






46. Used to date organic remains and rocks from 50 -000yrs ago to present (atomic physics)






47. 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.






48. 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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49. 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.






50. Things all people do the same way (language)







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