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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






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






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. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






6. (some people do it differently) Sex roles - religion - age roles






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






8. 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)






9. Invented smelting of iron






10. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






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






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






13. 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






14. Food foragers (in-sync with env - see themselves as a harmonious part of natural world).






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






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






17. Species of people that inhabited much of Europe and the Mediterranean lands c. 200 -000-28 -000 years ago. The name derives from the discovery in 1856 of remains in a cave above Germany's Neander Valley. Neanderthals were short - stout - and powerful






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






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






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






21. The application of scientific principles to agriculture especially to animal breeding






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






29. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






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






31. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






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






33. 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]






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






35. Form of government of Hittites - Assyrians - Babylonians - Israelites






36. 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..






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






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






39. (Reverence): Most rituals mark day - month - season - year - stage of life - new event. Burial Rituals found from 20kya






40. An impersonal supernatural force that flows in and out of people and objects






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






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






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






44. The children of a parent's siblings of the opposite sex (mother's brothers - father's sisters).






45. The 1st in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (hunter-gatherer - hordes - no class - no ownership).






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






47. 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






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






49. 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






50. Person is considered equally related to kinfolk on either side of the family. Western Socs. (bilateral)