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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Civilization to invent 'zero'






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






3. The 2nd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (Domestication of animals - cultivation)






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






5. Not universal. Evolved in last 10k years (surplus food - development of states). States are political system most likely to go to war






6. Cradle of mankind. tanzania (30m long) Leakey family (1950s) 7 layers. found tools of habillus and erectus.






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






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






9. Perform Rituals in belief that ancestors will recognize their own people and make very valuable cargo come (utopian/millenial). John Frum






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






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






12. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






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






14. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






15. 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)






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






17. Cohesive set of myths (religion/belief system)






18. Thinkers: linguistics






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






20. Wheat - barley - flax began in Asia. Entered Africa through Nile Delta (Egypt). One form of wheat began in Ethiopia. - Neolithic






21. Using a radioactive process to determine the age of an item. millions of years.






22. The aspect of archaeology that deals with the past of man before he learned to write has - since the middle of the 19th century - aka prehistory.






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






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






25. Plants and animals all evolved over a long period of time from simple into more complex life forms. (Darwin)






26. The non-living world. the area from the surface of earth down to its center.






27. Indissoluble in Roman Catholic and Hindu. Pueblo Indians: woman simply leaves moccasins on the doorstep (NM -AZ) No divorce allowed in Malta - Philippines. Low divorce rate in Japan. Islam allows but discourages (3x limit)






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






29. A subdivision within the primate order based on shared anatomical primitive traits: side eyes - wet nose - nocturnal - dental combs






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






31. Cholula - Huastec - Mixtec - Olmec - Pipil - Totonac - Toltec - Zapote






32. 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






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






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






35. Shorthand - Morse Code






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






37. Marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law






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






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






40. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






41. The process through which genes pass from the gene pool of one population through mating and reproduction to that of another.






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






43. The discovery and recording of archaeological sites and their examination by methods other than the use of the spade and the trowel






44. 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..






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






46. 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






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






48. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






49. The earliest member of the genus Homo - ape-like - found on sites dating 2mya Dr. Leakey in Olduvai Gorge - Africa. 775cc brain (1/2 sapien) tool users. Lived 50 -000 years. 'handy man'






50. Holistic study of humanity.