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DSST General Anthropology

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1. 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).






2. Thinker: social stratification






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






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






5. Characteristics are inherited independently from other characteristics

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






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






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






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






10. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






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






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






13. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






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






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






16. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






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






18. Anthropologist: Indians (North - Central - South America). Recorded folktales of blacks in N. America and West Indies.






19. Anthropologist: Pacific Islands(SamoaPolynesia) - cultural effects on development of personality






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






21. The sex cell of a plant or animal may contain one factor (allele) for different traits but not both factors needed to express the traits

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22. 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]






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






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






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






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






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






28. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






29. Common in non-intensive food production. Villages=Various descent groups (clans/bands) - no formal govt or social classes.






30. <40kya): Regional stone tool industries (Perigordian - Aurignacian - Solutrean - Magdelenian) - More complex - specialized - variety of tools. Regional artistic traditions. Homosapien - Neanderthal - Cro-magnon. Small Sculptures (E. Eur): Small - por






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Relatives through marriage






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






39. 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






40. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






41. The actual time (usually measured in years) as determined by radioactive decay of elements






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






43. The study of the literal meanings and the interpretation of words.






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






50. Man marries widow of his dead brother