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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






2. King of Babylon. had law code (discipline - order in society - pessimistic outlook) Sanctioned by the gods






3. (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)






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






5. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






6. Hispanic ritual - 15 yr girl - sneakers to high heel






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






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






9. Man marries widow of his dead brother






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






11. Random change in allele frequencies that occurs in small populations. Sewall-Wright effect






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






13. Primary form of support for existing political leadership. Based on internal values of the people - not so much coercion






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






15. Communal Ownership of Land. Some ownership - but pastures - forests - mountains - waterways - sacred grounds - are shared






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






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






18. Anthropologist: Pacific Islands(SamoaPolynesia) - cultural effects on development of personality






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






20. Anthropologist: Indians (North - Central - South America). Recorded folktales of blacks in N. America and West Indies.






21. All cultures accept. But only 20% of societies are considered strictly monogamous (one marriage per lifetime)






22. Basic building blocks of culture. Without them - there is no culture






23. Religion. Most important intellectual development. Flourished b/c of weakening Egypt & annihilation of Hittites (1200BC)






24. The study of the different sounds employed by language.






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






26. 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)






27. 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.






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






29. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






30. 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'






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






32. Story with deep explanatory or symbolic resonance for a culture






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






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






35. Ancestors to modern gorillas - chimpanzees - orangutans and humans who diverged 30 million years ago from monkeys. Characteristics include: large - strong jaw - large brain and partially erect posture.






36. Identifying impact of federal development on archaeological sites and historical buildings






37. Invented smelting of iron






38. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






39. 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






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






41. The living world. the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist






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






43. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






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






45. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






46. Strong social prohibition. Abhorrent to society. Eg - Hinduism: killing the co






47. 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






48. World's first cities appeared between the years 4000 and 3500 BC.






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






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