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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Ritual in Japan/Samurai - boys 12-16 - temple - adult clothes/hair






2. 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)






3. The actual time (usually measured in years) as determined by radioactive decay of elements






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






5. The application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and 'survival of the fittest' to human societies - particularly as justification for United States expansion. (white man's burden)






6. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






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






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


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






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






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






12. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






13. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






14. Yanonamo Village invites another village. Social gathering/political alliances (like dinner party). Yan=deceiptful






15. 'Upright Man' - An extinct species of the genus Homo - Africa/Europe/Asia. fire and tools. hand ax. early speech.






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






17. Seperation(leave) - Liminality(limbo) - Incorporation(rejoin).






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






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






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






21. (Middle Stone Age): 10kya. Hunter/Gatherer (w/ fish). Baskets - Pots - - harpoons - canoes - store food. Holocene. Not much development in art - focused on inventions - diversification of subsistence strategies






22. Study of human activity and cultures through material remains. non-natural science. half science - half humanity. Fills in gaps in human history.






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






24. An impersonal supernatural force that flows in and out of people and objects






25. African CLICK language speakers. (click also used in Bantu - Zulu - Xhosa - Damin)






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






27. Ceremonial distrib of property/gifts to affirm social status. Ritual generosity - conspic consump. Wealth used to purchase Prestige. NW Pacific Indian Tribes Haida - Nuxalk - Tlingit - Tsimshian - Salish - Nuu-chah-nulth - and Kwakiutl. Also similar






28. A homo erectus discovered by Dutch physician and anatomist Eugene Dubois in 1891 in JAVA Indonesia -






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






30. Based on institutionalized beliefs and practices dealing with ultimate meaning of life. Belief stems from their experience of the world.






31. 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'






32. 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.






33. Ancient Hebrew manuscripts hidden in clay jars in caves near Qumran by the Dead Sea that were discovered accidentally by Bedouin while looking for a stray animal in 1947..






34. USA/Mexico/C. Am. Corn (maize) - beans - squash 6500BC (village life not until 2k BC).- Neolithic






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






36. Indissoluble in Roman Catholic and Hindu. Pueblo Indians: woman simply leaves moccasins on the doorstep (NM -AZ) No divorce allowed in Malta - Philippines. Low divorce rate in Japan. Islam allows but discourages (3x limit)






37. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






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






39. Marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law






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






41. Theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. (Talcott Parsons)






42. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






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






44. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






45. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






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






47. Melanesia (SW Pacific WWII+). Western goods created by ancestral spirits (intended for them - but controlled by whites).






48. Religion. Most important intellectual development. Flourished b/c of weakening Egypt & annihilation of Hittites (1200BC)






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






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