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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Man marries widow of his dead brother






2. Ruthless empire. By 665BC=Palestine - Syria - Asia Minor - Persian Gulf. buffer b/n civil Middle East & Barbarians.fell in 612BC. Internal revolution - and defeat by NeoBabylonians (Chaldeans)






3. Set of rights and obligations inherent in a social position.






4. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Africa: Jackals=Dogs. Donkeys - cats. (entered religious thought - animistic philosphy of Egypt) - Neolithic






13. Chopper-chopping tool industry (Pebble Industry). Wood -bone -stone tools. Homo Erectus. Hand-Axe (700kya): Abbevillian Industry (France) and later - Acheulian Industry (Eur/Af/As). Flake Stone Tools (flint): Clactonian Industry






14. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






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






16. Authority is allocated. Use force to achieve peace & conformance with law & custom - maintain territory against ext threat.






17. Seperation(leave) - Liminality(limbo) - Incorporation(rejoin).






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






19. The application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and 'survival of the fittest' to human societies - particularly as justification for United States expansion. (white man's burden)






20. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






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






22. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






23. Spread of something from one group to another






24. Thinkers: linguistics






25. With reference to the writing of P. Teilhard de Chardin - a stage - world or sphere of evolutionary development characterized by consciousness - the mind - information and interpersonal relationships.






26. 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..






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






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






29. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






30. 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






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






32. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






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






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






35. The earliest member of the genus Homo - ape-like - found on sites dating 2mya Dr. Leakey in Olduvai Gorge - Africa. 775cc brain (1/2 sapien) tool users. Lived 50 -000 years. 'handy man'






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






37. Characteristics are inherited independently from other characteristics


38. A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food - clothing - and shelter.






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






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






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






42. Began 5k ya in Mesopotamia - Egypt - possible to create flood control plans. Later in India - China - then Europe.






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






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






45. Change based on belief in inevitable advance of science and Western secularism. Industrial growth - consolidation of the state - bureaucratization - market economy - tech advances - literacy - social mobility






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






47. Relatives through marriage






48. The study of the literal meanings and the interpretation of words.






49. 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






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