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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Civilization to invent 'zero'






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






3. King of Babylon. had law code (discipline - order in society - pessimistic outlook) Sanctioned by the gods






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






5. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






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






7. 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.






8. 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






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






10. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Thinkers: linguistics






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






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






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






22. Ritual in Burma/Thai boy monks 7-14 - 'Jewel Princess'






23. Food foragers (in-sync with env - see themselves as a harmonious part of natural world).






24. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem






32. Spread of innovations in the Cradle of Civilization . Modified: Various centers spread innovation






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






34. A polygamous mating system involving one female and many males.






35. (Middle Stone Age): 10kya. Hunter/Gatherer (w/ fish). Baskets - Pots - - harpoons - canoes - store food. Holocene. Not much development in art - focused on inventions - diversification of subsistence strategies






36. (some people do it differently) Sex roles - religion - age roles






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






38. Holistic study of humanity.






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






40. The actual time (usually measured in years) as determined by radioactive decay of elements






41. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






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






43. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






44. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






45. World's first cities appeared between the years 4000 and 3500 BC.






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






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






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






49. Early humans and human like creature. Erect - large complex brain - tool-using - community organization.






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







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