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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






3. Civilization to invent 'zero'






4. The actual time (usually measured in years) as determined by radioactive decay of elements






5. Evaluate other groups according to OUR OWN standards (judging)






6. 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






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






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






9. (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest






10. Anthropologist: Survival=Symbolic form of earlier custom (mock battle in nuptial rituals=vestige of actually 'capturing the bride'






11. 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






12. Family that raised you






13. 'Upright Man' - An extinct species of the genus Homo - Africa/Europe/Asia. fire and tools. hand ax. early speech.






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






15. Spread of an IDEA from one group to another.






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






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






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






19. 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






20. From Africa to Eurasia (through Himalayas/Silk Road - across straight of Gilbralter.






21. Large neolithic farming village in Turkey during 6700 B.C. - 5700 B.C.






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






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






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






26. (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






27. Personal quirks: Get up at certain time - order of getting dressed - etc






28. Provisional sampling cuts to explore potential excavation sites. Tigris/Euphrates flooded regularly so hard to navigate.






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






30. Goods flow to central place - and are distributed again (Eg -US Tax System). Reqs strong central political organization. Sometimes Prestige is derived from giving away valuables






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






32. Spread of something from one group to another






33. Determining the success of a project






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






35. Any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation






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






37. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






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






39. 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






40. With reference to the writing of P. Teilhard de Chardin - a stage - world or sphere of evolutionary development characterized by consciousness - the mind - information and interpersonal relationships.






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






42. Refined the Flake Stone Tools (flint): Mousterian Industry. Neanderthal Man.






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






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






45. 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)






46. Thinker: social stratification






47. Indians: Tribal villages (farmer class) - religious urban centers (priest class) - TIME/Astronomy/math - pyramids - reptilian gods.






48. Essential mechanism of evolution proposed by Charles Darwin - and is the process by which those members of a particular species that are better adapted to their environment survive longer and produce more offspring than the poorer adapted.






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






50. 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