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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. Domestication of plants - gardening using man-powered tools. Labor Intensive/Surplus/Social Stratification






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






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






5. 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)






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






7. Ancient Roman patrilineal clan that shared the same surname - and a legendary common ancestor (worshipped)






8. The study of the principles and rules that regulate word structure in language.






9. A theory stressing the importance of interdependence among all behavior patterns and institutions within a social system to its long-term survival. (Emile Durkheim)






10. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






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






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






13. Adenine - guanine - cytosine - thymine that form genetic code.






14. New family you form when you marry and have children.






15. Refined the Flake Stone Tools (flint): Mousterian Industry. Neanderthal Man.






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






17. Value of gift and time of repayment are not specified






18. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






19. Shift of population from food production to specialization. Strong sense of ownership of land.






20. The living world. the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist






21. Describe behavior in terms familiar to the observer (enables comparative research - and making universal claims)






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






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






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






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






26. Basic building blocks of culture. Without them - there is no culture






27. Cohesive set of myths (religion/belief system)






28. 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]






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






30. Milan (1957) probe penetrates burial chambers and photographs walls and contents.






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






32. Marks change in social or sexual status. Birth - Circumcision - Coming of Age - Wedding - Menopause - Death






33. Lord owned the land. Allocated land to Nobles (for loyalty/mil service). Serfs/slaves=Actually Part of the Property






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






40. Collecting community data for use by development planners






41. Category of individuals who enjoy equal prestige according to a society. (Perception of class is relative). Economics - social status - aesthetic preferences - behavior - occupation - appearance - civic involvement






42. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






43. Ancient Hebrew manuscripts hidden in clay jars in caves near Qumran by the Dead Sea that were discovered accidentally by Bedouin while looking for a stray animal in 1947..






44. Said anthropology is a 'Policy Science'. Urged for its use in improving the human condition. What is Culture - cross-cultural.






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






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






47. (skills that only some people have) Playing guitar - understanding algebra.






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






49. Social Institutions - not theological - philosophical - or psychological phenomenons






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