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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






3. 'Verbal Evaluation - Patterns of Association - symbolic Indicators(wealth/dress/job)'. Haviland






4. (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






5. Religion. Most important intellectual development. Flourished b/c of weakening Egypt & annihilation of Hittites (1200BC)






6. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






7. 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)






8. Spread of an IDEA from one group to another.






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






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






11. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






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






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






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






15. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






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






17. Yanonamo Village invites another village. Social gathering/political alliances (like dinner party). Yan=deceiptful






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






19. 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






20. Also known as 'biological anthropology -' studies the mechanisms of biological evolution - genetic inheritance - human adaptability and variation - primatology - and the fossil record of human evolution.






21. Authority is allocated. Use force to achieve peace & conformance with law & custom - maintain territory against ext threat.






22. Found Australopathicus skull in 1959. Upright human footprints in 1978






23. Evaluating other groups according to THEIR standards (not judging)






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






25. Family that raised you






26. (Veblen): Display of wealth by its owner for social prestige






27. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






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






29. 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






30. 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.






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






32. A subdivision within the primate order based on shared anatomical characteristics that larger brains - binocular vision - parental care - longer gestational period - slower maturation.






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






34. Penalty for violating moral principle or law. Larger society=more formal sanction






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






36. 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






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






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






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






40. <40kya): Regional stone tool industries (Perigordian - Aurignacian - Solutrean - Magdelenian) - More complex - specialized - variety of tools. Regional artistic traditions. Homosapien - Neanderthal - Cro-magnon. Small Sculptures (E. Eur): Small - por






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






42. Technology that Spread east to Indus River Valley (India) by 5k BC






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






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






45. Eg - Barter. Scarce goods from one group are exchanged for desirable goods from another group. Giver tries to come out on top. Ultimate form = taking by force.






46. Provisional sampling cuts to explore potential excavation sites. Tigris/Euphrates flooded regularly so hard to navigate.






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






48. The study of the different sounds employed by language.






49. The application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and 'survival of the fittest' to human societies - particularly as justification for United States expansion. (white man's burden)






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