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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






3. Development of Civilizations: Copper & Tin=Bronze. Replaced stone for tools/weapons






4. 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..






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






6. Melanesia (SW Pacific WWII+). Western goods created by ancestral spirits (intended for them - but controlled by whites).






7. Relatives on each side of marriage - extending at least to second cousin. Urbanization - migration = less importance






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






9. Anthropologist: 12-volume comparative study of Religion (using ethnographic details) - evolution of religion from magic.






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






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






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






13. Indians: Tribal villages (farmer class) - religious urban centers (priest class) - TIME/Astronomy/math - pyramids - reptilian gods.






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






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






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






17. (New Stone Age): 10kya. Domestic animals - villages - pottery - weaving - food producing (not collecting). Holocene. Beginning of real civilization (Final stage of prehistoric cult evol/techno dev)






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






19. The non-living world. the area from the surface of earth down to its center.






20. Created by Setting upper grindstone at an angle when grinding red ochre=sharp edge=Celt (like a chisel or axe - Egypt)- Neolithic






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






22. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






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






24. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






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






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






27. Fixed at birth - unchangeable - endogamous. India: Brahmins - warriors - artisans - laborers (then untouchables)






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






29. Social Movements to build an ideology that is relevant to changing cultural needs (their understanding of world). Eg: Melanesian Cargo Cults - or Mormonism in the US (Joseph Smith)






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






31. 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.






32. <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






33. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






34. Each inherited characteristic is determined by two heredity factors/genes - one from each parent - which determines whether a gene will be dominant or recessive.


35. 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)






36. The aspect of archaeology that deals with the past of man before he learned to write has - since the middle of the 19th century - aka prehistory.






37. Spread to Huang Ho (Yellow River Valley) of China - and SE Asia by 3500BC (millet and rice).- Neolithic






38. 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






39. Based on institutionalized beliefs and practices dealing with ultimate meaning of life. Belief stems from their experience of the world.






40. 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






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






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






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






44. Traces back to ONE person






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






46. By-product of grinding red ochre (magic powers) - Neolithic






47. A larger collection of DNA that contains many genes and the support proteins needed to control these genes.






48. Study of remains found in layers of soil and rock






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






50. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome