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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Specialization in Indus Socs. Not in Tribal Socs (age/gender decides who does what). Amazon tribes specialize though






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






3. Anthropologist: 12-volume comparative study of Religion (using ethnographic details) - evolution of religion from magic.






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






5. The study of the principles and rules that regulate word structure in language.






6. (HG) Personalized - supernatural beings (souls or gods) inhabit ordinary objects and govern their existence. Everything has a soul. Zambia - Congo - Gabon - Guinea - Indonesia - Japan - Laos - Myanmar - Peru - Philippines (+ Canada - Russia - Sweden






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






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






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






10. Acting as a communiction link between producers and users of new technology






11. Shift of population from food production to specialization. Strong sense of ownership of land.






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






13. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






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






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






16. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






17. Half way b/n tribe and state. Kin-based. Permanent group-based differencesin access to resources. Permanent Political Structure






18. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






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






20. Spread from Middle East north to Europe (across Turkey/Greece into C. Eur. AND across Egypt/N Afr to Spain).Britain and Scandinavia became farming after 3k BC (Mesolithic Period).- Neolithic






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






22. 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.






23. 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..






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






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






26. By-product of grinding red ochre (magic powers) - Neolithic






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

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28. Spread of innovations in the Cradle of Civilization . Modified: Various centers spread innovation






29. 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






30. A social bond based on common ancestry - marriage - or adoption






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






32. Ritual in Japan/Samurai - boys 12-16 - temple - adult clothes/hair






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






34. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






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






36. Mexico - sun/war/civilization gods - subord women - human sacrifice - cannibalism - time/calendars. Caste system - architecture - learning and the arts - polytheistic - pictorial alphabet






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






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






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






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






41. Determining the success of a project






42. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






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






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






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






46. Exchange of goods/services/gifts/emotions b/n two parties. Often ritual/ceremony. Characteristic of HG groups






47. Research in which the data is recorded in numerical form.






48. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






49. (Foragers): Earliest and most stable form of human subsistence. Unit of production = Unit of Consumption. Of 150billion who have ever lived - 60% were HG. 99% of history as humans is as HG






50. 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)