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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






3. Civilization to invent 'zero'






4. Relatives through marriage






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






6. Study of human activity and cultures through material remains. non-natural science. half science - half humanity. Fills in gaps in human history.






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






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






9. Consists of social impact assessment - evaluation research - technology development research - cultural resource assessment






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






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






12. Domestication of plants - gardening using man-powered tools. Labor Intensive/Surplus/Social Stratification






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






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






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






16. 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






17. Half way b/n tribe and a state. Permanent political structure. Transitional form of sociopol org in evolution of tribe to state






18. Value of gift and time of repayment are not specified






19. First farming. 9-7k BC. Middle East (Iraq - Iran - Israel etc.) Barley - wheat - sheep - goats. (cows/pigs later). Spread from Middle East north to Europe - Neolithic






20. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. Ethnographic fieldwork - reciprocity - Pacific Islands. After Rivers (more rigor) 'Participant Observation'. WWI spent 2 years in Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)






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






22. 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)






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






24. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






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






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






27. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






28. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






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






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






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






32. Logic/Observation (not gods). Thales - Xenophanes - Pyhtagorus - Hippocrates. Differed from Near Eastern thought.






33. Anthropologist: After armchair anthro...embarked on early anthro expeditions (not scientifically rigorous).






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






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






36. 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






37. The 3rd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. Human form of culture. many people in urban center - smelt metals - method of writing.






38. The scientific study of the structure - sounds - and meaning of language






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






40. Eg - Barter. Scarce goods from one group are exchanged for desirable goods from another group. Giver tries to come out on top. Ultimate form = taking by force.






41. Created by Setting upper grindstone at an angle when grinding red ochre=sharp edge=Celt (like a chisel or axe - Egypt)- Neolithic






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






43. Spread of something from one group to another






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






45. Research that refers to in-depth study using face-to-face or observation techniques to collect data from people in their natural settings.






46. 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..






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






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






49. Characteristics are inherited independently from other characteristics

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






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