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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






3. Marks change in social or sexual status. Birth - Circumcision - Coming of Age - Wedding - Menopause - Death






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






5. 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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6. The study of how people use language in context - how utterances are used - either figuratively or literally - in communicative acts.






7. (Foragers): Earliest and most stable form of human subsistence. Unit of production = Unit of Consumption. Of 150billion who have ever lived - 60% were HG. 99% of history as humans is as HG






8. First used in admin of British Colonies by Northcote Thomas in Nigeria in 1908. 'Age of Enlightenment'/Natural Science






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






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






11. Hispanic ritual - 15 yr girl - sneakers to high heel






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






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






14. (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






15. Communal Ownership of Land. Some ownership - but pastures - forests - mountains - waterways - sacred grounds - are shared






16. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






17. Lemurs - monkeys - Apes and humans. Prehensile/Grasping hands..Some-opposable thumb - larger males than females. flat fingernails.






18. Evaluating other groups according to THEIR standards (not judging)






19. The non-living world. the area from the surface of earth down to its center.






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






21. Ritual in Burma/Thai boy monks 7-14 - 'Jewel Princess'






22. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






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






24. Position from which members engage in social practices. (Sociology focuses on interrelationship/effect of status






25. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






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






27. Holistic study of humanity.






28. Milan (1957) probe penetrates burial chambers and photographs walls and contents.






29. Cluster of 3 or more sibs - clans - kinship groups considered a single unit (but retain sep IDs within) - Native Americans: Used animal sign to ID (Tlingit Tribe: Matri] - Intermarriage b/n phratries was mandated)






30. Thinkers: linguistics






31. Spread of something from one group to another






32. Acting as a communiction link between producers and users of new technology






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






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






35. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






36. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






37. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






38. The living world. the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist






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






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






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






42. The skeletal remains of Homo erectus - found at Zhoukoudian - near Peking - China - in the late 1930s and early 1940s and subsequently lost during World War II






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






44. (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest






45. Study of remains found in layers of soil and rock






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






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






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






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






50. Massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mudbricks. It is associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities - Sumerians.