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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. 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






3. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






4. Ancient Roman patrilineal clan that shared the same surname - and a legendary common ancestor (worshipped)






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






6. Specialization in Indus Socs. Not in Tribal Socs (age/gender decides who does what). Amazon tribes specialize though






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






8. The sex cell of a plant or animal may contain one factor (allele) for different traits but not both factors needed to express the traits


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






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






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






12. Primitive people. Some people have special power - middlemen b/n man and god. Performs ritual magic to save tribe in trouble






13. Associated with Julian Steward - study of adaptation of social culture to natural resources and other human groups.






14. Belief of early anthropologist that cultures evolve through various stages from a simpler and more primitive state to a complex and more culturally advanced state.






15. 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.






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






17. The subfield of anthropology that focuses on variations in cultural behaviors among human populations






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






19. One of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic - such as hair color






20. The commonness of the occurrence of any particular allele in a population (a fraction)






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






22. Marks change in social or sexual status. Birth - Circumcision - Coming of Age - Wedding - Menopause - Death






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






24. Branch of anthropology - systematic and detailed comparison of human races - their origin - distribution - culture - etc.






25. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






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






27. Based on institutionalized beliefs and practices dealing with ultimate meaning of life. Belief stems from their experience of the world.






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






29. A polygamous mating system involving one female and many males.






30. 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)






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






32. Ways to date artifacts






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






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






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






36. Civilization to invent 'zero'






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






38. Holistic study of humanity.






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






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






41. Social Movements to build an ideology that is relevant to changing cultural needs (their understanding of world). Eg: Melanesian Cargo Cults - or Mormonism in the US (Joseph Smith)






42. Method of detecting buried features by locating the magnetic disturbances they cause: (1957-58) proton magnetometer - the proton gradiometer - and the fluxgate gradiometer.






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






44. Anthrpologist: Arapaho - archeo/anthro. preservation of Indian tribal culture. salvage ethnography. student of Boas.






45. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






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






47. Muslim (up to 4 wives by law). Middle East - Asia - North Africa. Native Americans (before European values)






48. 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)






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






50. Consists of social impact assessment - evaluation research - technology development research - cultural resource assessment