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DSST General Anthropology

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1. 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






2. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






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






4. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






5. The school of thought developed by the French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss - in which cultures - viewed as systems - are analyzed in terms of the structural relations among their elements. Referring to mental structure.






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






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






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






9. Social Institutions - not theological - philosophical - or psychological phenomenons






10. Milan (1957) probe penetrates burial chambers and photographs walls and contents.






11. (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






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






13. Cholula - Huastec - Mixtec - Olmec - Pipil - Totonac - Toltec - Zapote






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






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






16. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






17. A homo erectus discovered by Dutch physician and anatomist Eugene Dubois in 1891 in JAVA Indonesia -






18. (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






19. A systematic and detailed description of a particular culture primarily based on fieldwork - direct contact - and qualitive research.






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






21. Ruthless empire. By 665BC=Palestine - Syria - Asia Minor - Persian Gulf. buffer b/n civil Middle East & Barbarians.fell in 612BC. Internal revolution - and defeat by NeoBabylonians (Chaldeans)






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






23. Traces back to ONE person






24. Holistic study of humanity.






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. After River (more rigor). Studied American Indians (1880s documented) Coined 'Cultural Relativism'. Sat with elders to hear their historic accounts of their culture. [Salvage ethnography]






31. 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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32. Difference in the genes between different species or members of the same species - caused by the varying number of structure of the chromosome. Not all may be observable as phenotypic variations






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. From Africa to Eurasia (through Himalayas/Silk Road - across straight of Gilbralter.






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






41. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






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






43. Runway/airstrip/radios (coconuts and straw to attract aircraft with cargo). Ritual marches (twigs/guns - insignia 'USA' to look like soldiers)






44. Study of remains found in layers of soil and rock






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






46. Improve welfare of people in underdeveloped countries (usually through economic growth).






47. 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).






48. First used in admin of British Colonies by Northcote Thomas in Nigeria in 1908. 'Age of Enlightenment'/Natural Science






49. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






50. With reference to the writing of P. Teilhard de Chardin - a stage - world or sphere of evolutionary development characterized by consciousness - the mind - information and interpersonal relationships.