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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






3. A group of sexually reproducing individuals (of the same species) mating with each other and sharing a common gene pool.






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






5. 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






6. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






7. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






8. Ways to date artifacts






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






10. Action - research & development - community - advocacy - cultural/social marketing






11. Family that raised you






12. Animistic/Shamanistic. Animal or other naturalistic figure that spiritually represents a person or a clan (intimate relationship)






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






14. Primary form of support for existing political leadership. Based on internal values of the people - not so much coercion






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






16. Lord owned the land. Allocated land to Nobles (for loyalty/mil service). Serfs/slaves=Actually Part of the Property






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






18. Penalty for violating moral principle or law. Larger society=more formal sanction






19. 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






20. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






21. The study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language.






22. People group: (S. Mesopotamia/Iraq). Advanced Tech (bronze tools/weapons). Writing (cuneiform) - law - educations - intellectual - economic. City-state government






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






24. Characteristics are inherited independently from other characteristics

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25. Platyrrhini - south america - small mammals - tree dwellers - prehensile tails - noctural - monogamous (gibbons - marmosets)






26. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






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






28. Traces back to ONE person






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






30. Old Stone Age. 2.5 mya - 2kya. Chipped stone tools. earliest human ancestors. pleistocene.






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






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






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






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






35. Theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. (Talcott Parsons)






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






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






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






39. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. After River (more rigor). Studied American Indians (1880s documented) Coined 'Cultural Relativism'. Sat with elders to hear their historic accounts of their culture. [Salvage ethnography]






40. Scarcity - Supply & Demand - Self-interest - personal gain - rational decision-making. Economy can be analyzed independent of other social structures and institutions.Emph: Choice of Indiv actor






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






42. The study of the patterns and distributions of speech sounds in a language and the tacit rules for their pronunciation.






43. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






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






45. Describe behavior in insider/natives own terms. Actor's own reasons - interpretations - customs - beliefs






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






47. New family you form when you marry and have children.






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. 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. Runway/airstrip/radios (coconuts and straw to attract aircraft with cargo). Ritual marches (twigs/guns - insignia 'USA' to look like soldiers)