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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






3. Found Australopathicus skull in 1959. Upright human footprints in 1978






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






5. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






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






7. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






8. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






9. 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.






10. 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.






11. (skills that only some people have) Playing guitar - understanding algebra.






12. 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.






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






14. Earliest known bipedal hominid with ape like brain - ex. Lucy 3.2 mya. 400cc brain. Africa.






15. 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

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16. Platyrrhini - south america - small mammals - tree dwellers - prehensile tails - noctural - monogamous (gibbons - marmosets)






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






18. Vietnam War (Jesus=jeep/camo) - Native Americans (Dance of the Spirits) - Africa (Abacus/Menstrual Cycle)






19. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






20. Half way b/n tribe and a state. Permanent political structure. Transitional form of sociopol org in evolution of tribe to state






21. Communal Ownership of Land. Some ownership - but pastures - forests - mountains - waterways - sacred grounds - are shared






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






23. A systematic and detailed description of a particular culture primarily based on fieldwork - direct contact - and qualitive research.






24. Shorthand - Morse Code






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






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






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






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






29. Relatives through marriage






30. Ritual in Burma/Thai boy monks 7-14 - 'Jewel Princess'






31. Chopper-chopping tool industry (Pebble Industry). Wood -bone -stone tools. Homo Erectus. Hand-Axe (700kya): Abbevillian Industry (France) and later - Acheulian Industry (Eur/Af/As). Flake Stone Tools (flint): Clactonian Industry






32. Ways to date artifacts






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






34. 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






35. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






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






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






38. The observable characteristics of an organism - including physical appearance.






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






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






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






42. Said anthropology is a 'Policy Science'. Urged for its use in improving the human condition. What is Culture - cross-cultural.






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






44. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






45. Person is considered equally related to kinfolk on either side of the family. Western Socs. (bilateral)






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






47. 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






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






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






50. Technology that Spread east to Indus River Valley (India) by 5k BC