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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






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






3. 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






4. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






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






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






7. Anthropologist: 12-volume comparative study of Religion (using ethnographic details) - evolution of religion from magic.






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






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






10. System of symbols - mediate b/n an individual and his world. Way of Life. Make sense of world - motivate behavior






11. Improve welfare of people in underdeveloped countries (usually through economic growth).






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






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






14. Spread of something from one group to another






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






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






17. (HG) Personalized - supernatural beings (souls or gods) inhabit ordinary objects and govern their existence. Everything has a soul. Zambia - Congo - Gabon - Guinea - Indonesia - Japan - Laos - Myanmar - Peru - Philippines (+ Canada - Russia - Sweden






18. A theory stressing the importance of interdependence among all behavior patterns and institutions within a social system to its long-term survival. (Emile Durkheim)






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






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






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






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






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






24. Refined the Flake Stone Tools (flint): Mousterian Industry. Neanderthal Man.






25. Primitive people. Some people have special power - middlemen b/n man and god. Performs ritual magic to save tribe in trouble






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






27. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem






28. Describe behavior in insider/natives own terms. Actor's own reasons - interpretations - customs - beliefs






29. 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.






30. 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.






31. Old Stone Age. 2.5 mya - 2kya. Chipped stone tools. earliest human ancestors. pleistocene.






32. The aspect of archaeology that deals with the past of man before he learned to write has - since the middle of the 19th century - aka prehistory.






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






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






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






36. Any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation






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






38. The study of the patterns and distributions of speech sounds in a language and the tacit rules for their pronunciation.






39. Thinker: social stratification






40. Consists of social impact assessment - evaluation research - technology development research - cultural resource assessment






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






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






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






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






45. Muslim (up to 4 wives by law). Middle East - Asia - North Africa. Native Americans (before European values)






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






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






48. Non-industrial socs. People produce own food - but an elite controls a portion of production






49. Women are material objects - promised to a man in return for reciprocity (usually another woman - or political alliance






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