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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






3. Branch of anthropology - systematic and detailed comparison of human races - their origin - distribution - culture - etc.






4. Fixed at birth - unchangeable - endogamous. India: Brahmins - warriors - artisans - laborers (then untouchables)






5. Spread to Huang Ho (Yellow River Valley) of China - and SE Asia by 3500BC (millet and rice).- Neolithic






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






7. Religion. Most important intellectual development. Flourished b/c of weakening Egypt & annihilation of Hittites (1200BC)






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






9. Married couple + Kids (incl. Foster - adopted - natural children). Most common form in US.aka Conjugal Family






10. 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






11. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






12. 'Verbal Evaluation - Patterns of Association - symbolic Indicators(wealth/dress/job)'. Haviland






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






14. Political order (polity) is not a distinct institution - it is embedded in the overall social order. No formal govt






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






16. Social Movements to build an ideology that is relevant to changing cultural needs (their understanding of world). Eg: Melanesian Cargo Cults - or Mormonism in the US (Joseph Smith)






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






18. The school of thought developed by the French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss - in which cultures - viewed as systems - are analyzed in terms of the structural relations among their elements. Referring to mental structure.






19. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






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






21. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






22. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






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






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






25. Determining the success of a project






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






27. <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






28. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






29. Relatives through marriage






30. Associated with Julian Steward - study of adaptation of social culture to natural resources and other human groups.






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






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






33. (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






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






35. Marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law






36. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem






37. 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.






38. Spread of something from one group to another






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






40. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






41. Early anthropologists such as E.B. Taylor and J.G. Frazer in England who worked mostly with materials collected by others - usually missionaries - traders - explorers - or colonial officials.






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






43. The science dealing with the measurement of the human body to determine differences in individuals or groups






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






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






46. Created by repeated pecking at grindstones b/c too smooth to grind red ochre=Macehead (Egypt/Nile Valley)- Neolithic






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






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






49. Category of individuals who enjoy equal prestige according to a society. (Perception of class is relative). Economics - social status - aesthetic preferences - behavior - occupation - appearance - civic involvement






50. 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.