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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






2. The process through which genes pass from the gene pool of one population through mating and reproduction to that of another.






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






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






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






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






7. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






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






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






10. (some people do it differently) Sex roles - religion - age roles






11. 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.






12. 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)






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






14. The children of a parent's siblings of the opposite sex (mother's brothers - father's sisters).






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






16. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






17. Spread from Middle East north to Europe (across Turkey/Greece into C. Eur. AND across Egypt/N Afr to Spain).Britain and Scandinavia became farming after 3k BC (Mesolithic Period).- Neolithic






18. (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest






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






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






21. Each inherited characteristic is determined by two heredity factors/genes - one from each parent - which determines whether a gene will be dominant or recessive.

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






23. Essential mechanism of evolution proposed by Charles Darwin - and is the process by which those members of a particular species that are better adapted to their environment survive longer and produce more offspring than the poorer adapted.






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






25. The 3rd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. Human form of culture. many people in urban center - smelt metals - method of writing.






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






27. A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food - clothing - and shelter.






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






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






30. (Foragers): Earliest and most stable form of human subsistence. Unit of production = Unit of Consumption. Of 150billion who have ever lived - 60% were HG. 99% of history as humans is as HG






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






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






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






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






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






36. Category of individuals who enjoy equal prestige according to a society. (Perception of class is relative). Economics - social status - aesthetic preferences - behavior - occupation - appearance - civic involvement






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






38. Invented smelting of iron






39. Married couple + Kids (incl. Foster - adopted - natural children). Most common form in US.aka Conjugal Family






40. 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






41. Chopper-chopping tool industry (Pebble Industry). Wood -bone -stone tools. Homo Erectus. Hand-Axe (700kya): Abbevillian Industry (France) and later - Acheulian Industry (Eur/Af/As). Flake Stone Tools (flint): Clactonian Industry






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






43. 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






44. Referring to time as it relates to something older or younger; not exact dates.






45. Giving and receiving are specific as to value of goods - and time of delivery.






46. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






47. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






48. Seperation(leave) - Liminality(limbo) - Incorporation(rejoin).






49. Food foragers (in-sync with env - see themselves as a harmonious part of natural world).






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







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