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DSST General Anthropology

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

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






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






4. 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






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






10. 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.






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. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






13. Evaluate other groups according to OUR OWN standards (judging)






14. Food foragers (in-sync with env - see themselves as a harmonious part of natural world).






15. One of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic - such as hair color






16. Relatives through marriage






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






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






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






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






21. Method of detecting buried features by locating the magnetic disturbances they cause: (1957-58) proton magnetometer - the proton gradiometer - and the fluxgate gradiometer.






22. 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.






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






24. The 3rd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. Human form of culture. many people in urban center - smelt metals - method of writing.






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






26. Any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation






27. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






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






29. The elementary structure. all cultural systems are built is a set of four types of organically linked relationships: brother/sister - husband/wife - father/son - and mother's brother/sister's son. (Levi-Strauss).






30. Essential mechanism of evolution proposed by Charles Darwin - and is the process by which those members of a particular species that are better adapted to their environment survive longer and produce more offspring than the poorer adapted.






31. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






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






33. 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






34. 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






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






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






37. Non-industrial socs. People produce own food - but an elite controls a portion of production






38. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






39. The application of scientific principles to agriculture especially to animal breeding






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






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






42. 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






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






44. Family that raised you






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






46. Married couple + Kids (incl. Foster - adopted - natural children). Most common form in US.aka Conjugal Family






47. Small segment of DNA that codes for the systhesis (creation) of a specific protein - and thus determines a trait.






48. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






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






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