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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Runway/airstrip/radios (coconuts and straw to attract aircraft with cargo). Ritual marches (twigs/guns - insignia 'USA' to look like soldiers)






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






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






4. Relatives on each side of marriage - extending at least to second cousin. Urbanization - migration = less importance






5. Catarrhini (hooked nose). Asia - Africa - Europe. large mammals. ground dwellers. carniverous. harems/sexual dimorphism. non-prehensile tails (baboons - macaque - proboscic monkey.






6. People group: (S. Mesopotamia/Iraq). Advanced Tech (bronze tools/weapons). Writing (cuneiform) - law - educations - intellectual - economic. City-state government






7. Earliest known bipedal hominid with ape like brain - ex. Lucy 3.2 mya. 400cc brain. Africa.






8. 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..






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






10. Relatives through marriage






11. (Middle Stone Age): 10kya. Hunter/Gatherer (w/ fish). Baskets - Pots - - harpoons - canoes - store food. Holocene. Not much development in art - focused on inventions - diversification of subsistence strategies






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






13. Determining the success of a project






14. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






15. 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






16. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






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






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






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






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






21. Vietnam War (Jesus=jeep/camo) - Native Americans (Dance of the Spirits) - Africa (Abacus/Menstrual Cycle)






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






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






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






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






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






27. (New Stone Age): 10kya. Domestic animals - villages - pottery - weaving - food producing (not collecting). Holocene. Beginning of real civilization (Final stage of prehistoric cult evol/techno dev)






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






29. 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






30. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






31. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






32. Melanesia (SW Pacific WWII+). Western goods created by ancestral spirits (intended for them - but controlled by whites).






33. Common ancestor. Endogamy forbidden (regarded as incest). Can be Matriclan/Patriclan






34. Adenine - guanine - cytosine - thymine that form genetic code.






35. A homo erectus discovered by Dutch physician and anatomist Eugene Dubois in 1891 in JAVA Indonesia -






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






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






38. 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)






39. Social Institutions - not theological - philosophical - or psychological phenomenons






40. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






41. Buying/selling goods & Services with prices set by supply & demand. (usually involves money). Haviland: Informal v. Formal (govt controlled)






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






43. Characteristics are inherited independently from other characteristics

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






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






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






47. Spread of something from one group to another






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






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






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