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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Spread of an IDEA from one group to another.






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






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






4. Gene flow usually occuring in humans as a result of actual migration of populations (either forced or voluntary).






5. Provisional sampling cuts to explore potential excavation sites. Tigris/Euphrates flooded regularly so hard to navigate.






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






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






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






9. 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..






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






11. Early humans and human like creature. Erect - large complex brain - tool-using - community organization.






12. Characteristics are inherited independently from other characteristics

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13. Describe behavior in terms familiar to the observer (enables comparative research - and making universal claims)






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






15. Ritual in Japan/Samurai - boys 12-16 - temple - adult clothes/hair






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






17. Transfer of cultural traits/ideas from one society/ethnic group to another. McDonald's (US=Fast Food - China=Special Occasion)






18. Not universal. Evolved in last 10k years (surplus food - development of states). States are political system most likely to go to war






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






20. Person is considered equally related to kinfolk on either side of the family. Western Socs. (bilateral)






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






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






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






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






25. Penalty for violating moral principle or law. Larger society=more formal sanction






26. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






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






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






29. The study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language.






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






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






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






33. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






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






35. Earliest known bipedal hominid with ape like brain - ex. Lucy 3.2 mya. 400cc brain. Africa.






36. A group of sexually reproducing individuals (of the same species) mating with each other and sharing a common gene pool.






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






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






39. Marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law






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






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






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






43. Small segment of DNA that codes for the systhesis (creation) of a specific protein - and thus determines a trait.






44. Holistic study of humanity.






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






47. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






48. 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






49. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






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