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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Social Movements to build an ideology that is relevant to changing cultural needs (their understanding of world). Eg: Melanesian Cargo Cults - or Mormonism in the US (Joseph Smith)






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






3. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. Ethnographic fieldwork - reciprocity - Pacific Islands. After Rivers (more rigor) 'Participant Observation'. WWI spent 2 years in Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)






4. Holistic study of humanity.






5. The science dealing with the measurement of the human body to determine differences in individuals or groups






6. The study of the patterns and distributions of speech sounds in a language and the tacit rules for their pronunciation.






7. One of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic - such as hair color






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






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






10. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






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






12. Study of human activity and cultures through material remains. non-natural science. half science - half humanity. Fills in gaps in human history.






13. Plants and animals all evolved over a long period of time from simple into more complex life forms. (Darwin)






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






15. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






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






17. The skeletal remains of Homo erectus - found at Zhoukoudian - near Peking - China - in the late 1930s and early 1940s and subsequently lost during World War II






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






19. Invented smelting of iron






20. Ways to date artifacts






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






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






23. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






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






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






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






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






29. 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)






30. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






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






32. Thinkers: linguistics






33. Chopper-chopping tool industry (Pebble Industry). Wood -bone -stone tools. Homo Erectus. Hand-Axe (700kya): Abbevillian Industry (France) and later - Acheulian Industry (Eur/Af/As). Flake Stone Tools (flint): Clactonian Industry






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






35. Collecting community data for use by development planners






36. The aspect of archaeology that deals with the past of man before he learned to write has - since the middle of the 19th century - aka prehistory.






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






38. The application of scientific principles to agriculture especially to animal breeding






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






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






41. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






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






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






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






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






46. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






47. Cultural phenom existed for a reason - but persist when conditions change (superstition=vestige of rational practices).






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






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






50. Married couple + Kids (incl. Foster - adopted - natural children). Most common form in US.aka Conjugal Family







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