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DSST General Anthropology

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1. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






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






3. Created by repeated pecking at grindstones b/c too smooth to grind red ochre=Macehead (Egypt/Nile Valley)- Neolithic






4. Plants and animals all evolved over a long period of time from simple into more complex life forms. (Darwin)






5. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






6. A social bond based on common ancestry - marriage - or adoption






7. 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.






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






9. Species of people that inhabited much of Europe and the Mediterranean lands c. 200 -000-28 -000 years ago. The name derives from the discovery in 1856 of remains in a cave above Germany's Neander Valley. Neanderthals were short - stout - and powerful






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






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






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






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






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






15. Deoxyribonucleic acid; genetic formation in a double-helix; (Watson & Crick)






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






17. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






18. Symbols that provide info about a person or object (red light=danger)






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






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






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






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






23. Yanonamo Village invites another village. Social gathering/political alliances (like dinner party). Yan=deceiptful






24. Said anthropology is a 'Policy Science'. Urged for its use in improving the human condition. What is Culture - cross-cultural.






25. Collecting community data for use by development planners






26. Created by Setting upper grindstone at an angle when grinding red ochre=sharp edge=Celt (like a chisel or axe - Egypt)- Neolithic






27. Using a radioactive process to determine the age of an item. millions of years.






28. Ways to date artifacts






29. Early anthropologists such as E.B. Taylor and J.G. Frazer in England who worked mostly with materials collected by others - usually missionaries - traders - explorers - or colonial officials.






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






31. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






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






33. The scientific study of the structure - sounds - and meaning of language






34. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






35. Thinker: social stratification






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






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






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






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






40. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






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






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






43. The 1st in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (hunter-gatherer - hordes - no class - no ownership).






44. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






45. Father of Modern Anthropology - noted for applying the scientific method to the study of human cultures and societies. Opposed evolutionist.






46. 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)






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






48. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






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






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