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DSST General Anthropology

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1. The application of scientific principles to agriculture especially to animal breeding






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






3. Adenine - guanine - cytosine - thymine that form genetic code.






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






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






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






7. Associated with Julian Steward - study of adaptation of social culture to natural resources and other human groups.






8. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






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






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






11. A subdivision within the primate order based on shared anatomical characteristics that larger brains - binocular vision - parental care - longer gestational period - slower maturation.






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






13. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






14. Wheat - barley - flax began in Asia. Entered Africa through Nile Delta (Egypt). One form of wheat began in Ethiopia. - Neolithic






15. 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






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






17. Early humans and human like creature. Erect - large complex brain - tool-using - community organization.






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






19. Mobile Foragers (Eskimo) combine nuclear families. Don't allow accumulated wealth - prize generosity - equality of resources






20. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






21. Evaluate other groups according to OUR OWN standards (judging)






22. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem






23. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






24. Spread from Middle East north to Europe (across Turkey/Greece into C. Eur. AND across Egypt/N Afr to Spain).Britain and Scandinavia became farming after 3k BC (Mesolithic Period).- Neolithic






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






26. Not universal. Evolved in last 10k years (surplus food - development of states). States are political system most likely to go to war






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






28. Species of people that inhabited much of Europe and the Mediterranean lands c. 200 -000-28 -000 years ago. The name derives from the discovery in 1856 of remains in a cave above Germany's Neander Valley. Neanderthals were short - stout - and powerful






29. Viewpoint of Anthropologists. Economy that is embedded within other social structures and institutions. Interaction of humans with their environment - methods of 'want' satisfaction. Holistic. Opponents argue that Formalist approach only applies to m






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






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






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






33. Catarrhini (hooked nose). Asia - Africa - Europe. large mammals. ground dwellers. carniverous. harems/sexual dimorphism. non-prehensile tails (baboons - macaque - proboscic monkey.






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






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






36. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






37. From Africa to Eurasia (through Himalayas/Silk Road - across straight of Gilbralter.






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






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






40. The study of the different sounds employed by language.






41. A social bond based on common ancestry - marriage - or adoption






42. A change or alteration in nitrogenous bases of DNA.






43. Thinker: social stratification






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






45. Basic building blocks of culture. Without them - there is no culture






46. 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.






47. (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)






48. Value of gift and time of repayment are not specified






49. Things all people do the same way (language)






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