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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. Found Australopathicus skull in 1959. Upright human footprints in 1978






3. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






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






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






6. Muslim (up to 4 wives by law). Middle East - Asia - North Africa. Native Americans (before European values)






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






8. 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)






9. Anthrpologist: Arapaho - archeo/anthro. preservation of Indian tribal culture. salvage ethnography. student of Boas.






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






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






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






13. Also known as 'biological anthropology -' studies the mechanisms of biological evolution - genetic inheritance - human adaptability and variation - primatology - and the fossil record of human evolution.






14. Platyrrhini - south america - small mammals - tree dwellers - prehensile tails - noctural - monogamous (gibbons - marmosets)






15. Anthropologist: After armchair anthro...embarked on early anthro expeditions (not scientifically rigorous).






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






17. The process of removing earth carefully and systemically from an area in order to find buried remains






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






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






20. (New Stone Age): 10kya. Domestic animals - villages - pottery - weaving - food producing (not collecting). Holocene. Beginning of real civilization (Final stage of prehistoric cult evol/techno dev)






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






22. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem






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






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






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






26. Position from which members engage in social practices. (Sociology focuses on interrelationship/effect of status






27. Thinker: social stratification






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






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






30. Anthropologist: (early 1900s): Culture = combination of universals - alternatives - specialties - individual peculiarities. The Study of Man (1936) and The Tree of Culture (1955)






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






32. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






33. Vietnam War (Jesus=jeep/camo) - Native Americans (Dance of the Spirits) - Africa (Abacus/Menstrual Cycle)






34. Value of gift and time of repayment are not specified






35. Ways to date artifacts






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






37. Belief of early anthropologist that cultures evolve through various stages from a simpler and more primitive state to a complex and more culturally advanced state.






38. Skipped Bronze Age. Intermediate Neolithic tools were used instead (Zaire - Ghana). But not in Kenya (no celts - axes etc)






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






40. Civilization to invent 'zero'






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






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






43. Spread of something from one group to another






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






45. Shorthand - Morse Code






46. Communication element. Represents a complex of person - object - group - or idea. Graphically or Representationally.






47. Family that raised you






48. Invented smelting of iron






49. Change based on belief in inevitable advance of science and Western secularism. Industrial growth - consolidation of the state - bureaucratization - market economy - tech advances - literacy - social mobility






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






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