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DSST General Anthropology

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1. 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.






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






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






4. The children of a parent's siblings of the opposite sex (mother's brothers - father's sisters).






5. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






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






7. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






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






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






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






11. (HG) Personalized - supernatural beings (souls or gods) inhabit ordinary objects and govern their existence. Everything has a soul. Zambia - Congo - Gabon - Guinea - Indonesia - Japan - Laos - Myanmar - Peru - Philippines (+ Canada - Russia - Sweden






12. Ritual in Japan/Samurai - boys 12-16 - temple - adult clothes/hair






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






14. Half way b/n tribe and state. Kin-based. Permanent group-based differencesin access to resources. Permanent Political Structure






15. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem






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






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






18. Difference in the genes between different species or members of the same species - caused by the varying number of structure of the chromosome. Not all may be observable as phenotypic variations






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






20. Species of people that inhabited much of Europe and the Mediterranean lands c. 200 -000-28 -000 years ago. The name derives from the discovery in 1856 of remains in a cave above Germany's Neander Valley. Neanderthals were short - stout - and powerful






21. Lemurs - monkeys - Apes and humans. Prehensile/Grasping hands..Some-opposable thumb - larger males than females. flat fingernails.






22. System of symbols - mediate b/n an individual and his world. Way of Life. Make sense of world - motivate behavior






23. Holistic study of humanity.






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






25. Civilization to invent 'zero'






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






27. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






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






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






30. <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






31. Permanent formal government structures and socioeconomic stratification. Most people in world's society. Autonomous political units - social classes - Formal govt based on Law - social status - population control - judges - law enf - fiscal.






32. Theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. (Talcott Parsons)






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






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






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






36. 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..






37. (Reverence): Most rituals mark day - month - season - year - stage of life - new event. Burial Rituals found from 20kya






38. The scientific study of the structure - sounds - and meaning of language






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






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






41. Using anthropological expertise on a practical level to understand and alleviate human problems. Eg - Impact of a new agriculture system in a society - causes of illiteracy among adults in a given group






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






43. Chavin - Chibcham Chimor - Chachapoya - Huari - Inca - Moche - Nazca - Tairona - Tiwanaku






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






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






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






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






48. Anthrpologist: Arapaho - archeo/anthro. preservation of Indian tribal culture. salvage ethnography. student of Boas.






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






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