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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






3. (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






4. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






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






6. 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)






7. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






8. The study of how people use language in context - how utterances are used - either figuratively or literally - in communicative acts.






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






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






11. Collecting community data for use by development planners






12. Determining the success of a project






13. Spread of something from one group to another






14. Spread of innovations in the Cradle of Civilization . Modified: Various centers spread innovation






15. 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.






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






17. Anthropologist: 12-volume comparative study of Religion (using ethnographic details) - evolution of religion from magic.






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






19. Action - research & development - community - advocacy - cultural/social marketing






20. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






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






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






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






24. Permanent formal government structures and socioeconomic stratification. Most people in world's society. Autonomous political units - social classes - Formal govt based on Law - social status - population control - judges - law enf - fiscal.






25. Using anthropological expertise on a practical level to understand and alleviate human problems. Eg - Impact of a new agriculture system in a society - causes of illiteracy among adults in a given group






26. 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






27. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






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






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






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






31. Indians: Tribal villages (farmer class) - religious urban centers (priest class) - TIME/Astronomy/math - pyramids - reptilian gods.






32. The 2nd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (Domestication of animals - cultivation)






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






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






35. Describe behavior in insider/natives own terms. Actor's own reasons - interpretations - customs - beliefs






36. Adenine - guanine - cytosine - thymine that form genetic code.






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






38. Cohesive set of myths (religion/belief system)






39. Thinkers: linguistics






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






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






42. Ceremonial distrib of property/gifts to affirm social status. Ritual generosity - conspic consump. Wealth used to purchase Prestige. NW Pacific Indian Tribes Haida - Nuxalk - Tlingit - Tsimshian - Salish - Nuu-chah-nulth - and Kwakiutl. Also similar






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






44. Perform Rituals in belief that ancestors will recognize their own people and make very valuable cargo come (utopian/millenial). John Frum






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






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






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






48. (Veblen): Display of wealth by its owner for social prestige






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






50. By-product of grinding red ochre (magic powers) - Neolithic