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DSST General Anthropology

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1. German archeologists who discovered the site of Troy in the late 1800's






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






3. Technology that Spread east to Indus River Valley (India) by 5k BC






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






5. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






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






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






8. Characteristics are inherited independently from other characteristics

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






10. The subfield of anthropology that focuses on variations in cultural behaviors among human populations






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






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






13. Anthropologist: Pacific Islands(SamoaPolynesia) - cultural effects on development of personality






14. Invented smelting of iron






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






16. Shorthand - Morse Code






17. Spread of something from one group to another






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






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






20. Difference in the genes between different species or members of the same species - caused by the varying number of structure of the chromosome. Not all may be observable as phenotypic variations






21. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem






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






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






24. Earliest known bipedal hominid with ape like brain - ex. Lucy 3.2 mya. 400cc brain. Africa.






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






26. The discovery and recording of archaeological sites and their examination by methods other than the use of the spade and the trowel






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






28. 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






29. The commonness of the occurrence of any particular allele in a population (a fraction)






30. Cultural phenom existed for a reason - but persist when conditions change (superstition=vestige of rational practices).






31. Personal quirks: Get up at certain time - order of getting dressed - etc






32. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






33. Created by Setting upper grindstone at an angle when grinding red ochre=sharp edge=Celt (like a chisel or axe - Egypt)- Neolithic






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






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






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






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






48. Permanent formal government structures and socioeconomic stratification. Most people in world's society. Autonomous political units - social classes - Formal govt based on Law - social status - population control - judges - law enf - fiscal.






49. Provisional sampling cuts to explore potential excavation sites. Tigris/Euphrates flooded regularly so hard to navigate.






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