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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. Cohesive set of myths (religion/belief system)






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






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






5. 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)






6. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






7. Set of rights and obligations inherent in a social position.






8. New family you form when you marry and have children.






9. Closest living animal to modern humans. 96% same DNA.






10. 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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11. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






12. 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






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






14. Ruthless empire. By 665BC=Palestine - Syria - Asia Minor - Persian Gulf. buffer b/n civil Middle East & Barbarians.fell in 612BC. Internal revolution - and defeat by NeoBabylonians (Chaldeans)






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






16. 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.






17. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






18. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






19. Hispanic ritual - 15 yr girl - sneakers to high heel






20. The exchange of genetic material between maternal and paternal chromosomes - creating a new combination of genes on the chromosome.






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






22. Anthrpologist: Arapaho - archeo/anthro. preservation of Indian tribal culture. salvage ethnography. student of Boas.






23. 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






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. (Reverence): Most rituals mark day - month - season - year - stage of life - new event. Burial Rituals found from 20kya






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






30. Holistic study of humanity.






31. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






32. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






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






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






35. The study of how people use language in context - how utterances are used - either figuratively or literally - in communicative acts.






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






37. The study of the principles and rules that regulate word structure in language.






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






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






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






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






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






43. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






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






45. Mexico - sun/war/civilization gods - subord women - human sacrifice - cannibalism - time/calendars. Caste system - architecture - learning and the arts - polytheistic - pictorial alphabet






46. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






47. A subdivision within the primate order based on shared anatomical primitive traits: side eyes - wet nose - nocturnal - dental combs






48. Man marries widow of his dead brother






49. Collecting community data for use by development planners






50. King of Babylon. had law code (discipline - order in society - pessimistic outlook) Sanctioned by the gods







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