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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






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






4. Improve welfare of people in underdeveloped countries (usually through economic growth).






5. Shorthand - Morse Code






6. Ways to date artifacts






7. Marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law






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






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






10. Holistic study of humanity.






11. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






12. Africa: Jackals=Dogs. Donkeys - cats. (entered religious thought - animistic philosphy of Egypt) - Neolithic






13. Value of gift and time of repayment are not specified






14. Ritual in Burma/Thai boy monks 7-14 - 'Jewel Princess'






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






16. 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






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






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






19. The application of scientific principles to agriculture especially to animal breeding






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






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






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






23. Eg - Barter. Scarce goods from one group are exchanged for desirable goods from another group. Giver tries to come out on top. Ultimate form = taking by force.






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






25. Describe behavior in terms familiar to the observer (enables comparative research - and making universal claims)






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






27. (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






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






29. Groups descended from mother or father's line only. (unilateral)






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






31. Invented smelting of iron






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






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






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






35. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






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






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






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






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






40. 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)






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






42. Determining the success of a project






43. States (see themselves as manipulating their environment - controlling it - dominating it - for self-interest).






44. (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)






45. Thinkers: linguistics






46. USA/Mexico/C. Am. Corn (maize) - beans - squash 6500BC (village life not until 2k BC).- Neolithic






47. 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.






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






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






50. Used to date organic remains and rocks from 50 -000yrs ago to present (atomic physics)