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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






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






3. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






4. Political order (polity) is not a distinct institution - it is embedded in the overall social order. No formal govt






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






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






7. Set of rights and obligations inherent in a social position.






8. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






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






10. (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






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






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






13. Exchange of goods/services/gifts/emotions b/n two parties. Often ritual/ceremony. Characteristic of HG groups






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






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






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






17. Fixed at birth - unchangeable - endogamous. India: Brahmins - warriors - artisans - laborers (then untouchables)






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






19. Spread of something from one group to another






20. The study of the literal meanings and the interpretation of words.






21. Theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. (Talcott Parsons)






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






23. Chavin - Chibcham Chimor - Chachapoya - Huari - Inca - Moche - Nazca - Tairona - Tiwanaku






24. Either of 2 sibs - clans - kinship groups - of unilateral descent - that together make up a tribe or society






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






26. (Reverence): Most rituals mark day - month - season - year - stage of life - new event. Burial Rituals found from 20kya






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






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






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






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






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






32. The process by which a living organism adapts to its environment.






33. Old Stone Age. 2.5 mya - 2kya. Chipped stone tools. earliest human ancestors. pleistocene.






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






35. A larger collection of DNA that contains many genes and the support proteins needed to control these genes.






36. Mobile Foragers (Eskimo) combine nuclear families. Don't allow accumulated wealth - prize generosity - equality of resources






37. Melanesia (SW Pacific WWII+). Western goods created by ancestral spirits (intended for them - but controlled by whites).






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






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






40. The genetic makeup of an organism as indicated by its set of alleles - that determines hereditary potential/limits from embyro to adulthood.






41. Shift of population from food production to specialization. Strong sense of ownership of land.






42. Research that refers to in-depth study using face-to-face or observation techniques to collect data from people in their natural settings.






43. Personal quirks: Get up at certain time - order of getting dressed - etc






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






45. The elementary structure. all cultural systems are built is a set of four types of organically linked relationships: brother/sister - husband/wife - father/son - and mother's brother/sister's son. (Levi-Strauss).






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






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






48. Common ancestor. Endogamy forbidden (regarded as incest). Can be Matriclan/Patriclan






49. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






50. Evaluate other groups according to OUR OWN standards (judging)