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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






2. Any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation






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






4. The linguistic hypothesis holds that language predisposes us to see the world in a certain way was developed by these two.






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






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






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






8. 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






9. 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)






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






11. What people ACTUALLY do in everyday - real life interactio






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






13. Man marries widow of his dead brother






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






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






16. The skeletal remains of Homo erectus - found at Zhoukoudian - near Peking - China - in the late 1930s and early 1940s and subsequently lost during World War II






17. Family that raised you






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






19. The school of thought developed by the French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss - in which cultures - viewed as systems - are analyzed in terms of the structural relations among their elements. Referring to mental structure.






20. Spread of something from one group to another






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






22. The observable characteristics of an organism - including physical appearance.






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






24. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






25. Domestication of plants - gardening using man-powered tools. Labor Intensive/Surplus/Social Stratification






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






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






28. (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






29. Study of remains found in layers of soil and rock






30. 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..






31. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem






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






33. 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)






34. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






35. Began 5k ya in Mesopotamia - Egypt - possible to create flood control plans. Later in India - China - then Europe.






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






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






38. 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

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






40. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






41. Women are material objects - promised to a man in return for reciprocity (usually another woman - or political alliance






42. Anthropologist: reciprocity - gift economy - Durkheim's nephew






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






44. Anthropologist: Survival=Symbolic form of earlier custom (mock battle in nuptial rituals=vestige of actually 'capturing the bride'






45. 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






46. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






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






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






49. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. After River (more rigor). Studied American Indians (1880s documented) Coined 'Cultural Relativism'. Sat with elders to hear their historic accounts of their culture. [Salvage ethnography]






50. Also known as 'biological anthropology -' studies the mechanisms of biological evolution - genetic inheritance - human adaptability and variation - primatology - and the fossil record of human evolution.