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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






8. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






9. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






10. The earliest member of the genus Homo - ape-like - found on sites dating 2mya Dr. Leakey in Olduvai Gorge - Africa. 775cc brain (1/2 sapien) tool users. Lived 50 -000 years. 'handy man'






11. First farming. 9-7k BC. Middle East (Iraq - Iran - Israel etc.) Barley - wheat - sheep - goats. (cows/pigs later). Spread from Middle East north to Europe - Neolithic






12. 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






13. Marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law






14. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






15. 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.






16. Anthropologist: After armchair anthro...embarked on early anthro expeditions (not scientifically rigorous).






17. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. Ethnographic fieldwork - reciprocity - Pacific Islands. After Rivers (more rigor) 'Participant Observation'. WWI spent 2 years in Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)






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






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






20. Referring to time as it relates to something older or younger; not exact dates.






21. Strong social prohibition. Abhorrent to society. Eg - Hinduism: killing the co






22. <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






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






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






25. Father of Modern Anthropology - noted for applying the scientific method to the study of human cultures and societies. Opposed evolutionist.






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






27. Exchange of goods/services/gifts/emotions b/n two parties. Often ritual/ceremony. Characteristic of HG groups






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






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






30. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






31. Ways to date artifacts






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






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






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






35. Communication element. Represents a complex of person - object - group - or idea. Graphically or Representationally.






36. 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.






37. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






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






39. (Foragers): Earliest and most stable form of human subsistence. Unit of production = Unit of Consumption. Of 150billion who have ever lived - 60% were HG. 99% of history as humans is as HG






40. Also known as 'biological anthropology -' studies the mechanisms of biological evolution - genetic inheritance - human adaptability and variation - primatology - and the fossil record of human evolution.






41. Man marries widow of his dead brother






42. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






43. The study of the literal meanings and the interpretation of words.






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






45. Anthropologist: Pacific Islands(SamoaPolynesia) - cultural effects on development of personality






46. The 2nd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (Domestication of animals - cultivation)






47. Old Stone Age. 2.5 mya - 2kya. Chipped stone tools. earliest human ancestors. pleistocene.






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






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






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