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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. Civilization to invent 'zero'






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






4. (New Stone Age): 10kya. Domestic animals - villages - pottery - weaving - food producing (not collecting). Holocene. Beginning of real civilization (Final stage of prehistoric cult evol/techno dev)






5. 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






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






7. Family that raised you






8. The school of thought developed by the French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss - in which cultures - viewed as systems - are analyzed in terms of the structural relations among their elements. Referring to mental structure.






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






10. Either of 2 sibs - clans - kinship groups - of unilateral descent - that together make up a tribe or society






11. Ways to date artifacts






12. Man marries widow of his dead brother






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






14. Perform Rituals in belief that ancestors will recognize their own people and make very valuable cargo come (utopian/millenial). John Frum






15. Thinkers: linguistics






16. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






17. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






18. Symbols that provide info about a person or object (red light=danger)






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






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






21. Giving and receiving are specific as to value of goods - and time of delivery.






22. Goods flow to central place - and are distributed again (Eg -US Tax System). Reqs strong central political organization. Sometimes Prestige is derived from giving away valuables






23. What people ACTUALLY do in everyday - real life interactio






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






25. 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)






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






27. Thinker: social stratification






28. 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






29. Collecting community data for use by development planners






30. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






31. Half way b/n tribe and state. Kin-based. Permanent group-based differencesin access to resources. Permanent Political Structure






32. World's first cities appeared between the years 4000 and 3500 BC.






33. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






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






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






36. 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.






37. Used to date organic remains and rocks from 50 -000yrs ago to present (atomic physics)






38. Using a radioactive process to determine the age of an item. millions of years.






39. Political order (polity) is not a distinct institution - it is embedded in the overall social order. No formal govt






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






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






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






43. The 1st in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (hunter-gatherer - hordes - no class - no ownership).






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






45. 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..






46. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






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






48. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






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






50. Specialization in Indus Socs. Not in Tribal Socs (age/gender decides who does what). Amazon tribes specialize though