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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Each inherited characteristic is determined by two heredity factors/genes - one from each parent - which determines whether a gene will be dominant or recessive.


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






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






4. 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






5. Thinker: social stratification






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






7. 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)






8. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






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






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






11. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






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






13. Method of detecting buried features by locating the magnetic disturbances they cause: (1957-58) proton magnetometer - the proton gradiometer - and the fluxgate gradiometer.






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






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






16. Ancient Roman patrilineal clan that shared the same surname - and a legendary common ancestor (worshipped)






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






18. Holistic study of humanity.






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






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






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






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






23. Ways to date artifacts






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






25. Chavin - Chibcham Chimor - Chachapoya - Huari - Inca - Moche - Nazca - Tairona - Tiwanaku






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






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






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






29. 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






30. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






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






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






33. Relatives through marriage






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






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






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






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






38. Random change in allele frequencies that occurs in small populations. Sewall-Wright effect






39. The process of removing earth carefully and systemically from an area in order to find buried remains






40. <40kya): Regional stone tool industries (Perigordian - Aurignacian - Solutrean - Magdelenian) - More complex - specialized - variety of tools. Regional artistic traditions. Homosapien - Neanderthal - Cro-magnon. Small Sculptures (E. Eur): Small - por






41. The sum total of the genes carried by the individual members of the population






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






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






44. 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






45. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






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






47. Anthropologist: reciprocity - gift economy - Durkheim's nephew






48. 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






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






50. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values