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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






3. The sex cell of a plant or animal may contain one factor (allele) for different traits but not both factors needed to express the traits


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






5. Shorthand - Morse Code






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






7. Muslim (up to 4 wives by law). Middle East - Asia - North Africa. Native Americans (before European values)






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






9. The skeletal remains of Homo erectus - found at Zhoukoudian - near Peking - China - in the late 1930s and early 1940s and subsequently lost during World War II






10. States (see themselves as manipulating their environment - controlling it - dominating it - for self-interest).






11. Traces back to ONE person






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






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






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






15. Random change in allele frequencies that occurs in small populations. Sewall-Wright effect






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






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






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






19. Personal quirks: Get up at certain time - order of getting dressed - etc






20. Anthropologist: (early 1900s): Culture = combination of universals - alternatives - specialties - individual peculiarities. The Study of Man (1936) and The Tree of Culture (1955)






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






22. 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






23. Primary form of support for existing political leadership. Based on internal values of the people - not so much coercion






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






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






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






34. Created by repeated pecking at grindstones b/c too smooth to grind red ochre=Macehead (Egypt/Nile Valley)- Neolithic






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






42. Family that raised you






43. Catarrhini (hooked nose). Asia - Africa - Europe. large mammals. ground dwellers. carniverous. harems/sexual dimorphism. non-prehensile tails (baboons - macaque - proboscic monkey.






44. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






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






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






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






48. 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






49. The commonness of the occurrence of any particular allele in a population (a fraction)






50. Either of 2 sibs - clans - kinship groups - of unilateral descent - that together make up a tribe or society