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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






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






4. Shorthand - Morse Code






5. Father of Modern Anthropology - noted for applying the scientific method to the study of human cultures and societies. Opposed evolutionist.






6. African CLICK language speakers. (click also used in Bantu - Zulu - Xhosa - Damin)






7. Consists of social impact assessment - evaluation research - technology development research - cultural resource assessment






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






9. Seperation(leave) - Liminality(limbo) - Incorporation(rejoin).






10. 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






11. 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






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






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






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






15. Family that raised you






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






17. 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).






18. Eg - Barter. Scarce goods from one group are exchanged for desirable goods from another group. Giver tries to come out on top. Ultimate form = taking by force.






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






20. Invented smelting of iron






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






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






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






24. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






25. 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)






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






27. Thinker: social stratification






28. Authority is allocated. Use force to achieve peace & conformance with law & custom - maintain territory against ext threat.






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






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






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






32. Refined the Flake Stone Tools (flint): Mousterian Industry. Neanderthal Man.






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






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






35. The exchange of genetic material between maternal and paternal chromosomes - creating a new combination of genes on the chromosome.






36. Spread of something from one group to another






37. The linguistic hypothesis holds that language predisposes us to see the world in a certain way was developed by these two.






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






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






40. Non-industrial socs. People produce own food - but an elite controls a portion of production






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






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






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






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






45. Lord owned the land. Allocated land to Nobles (for loyalty/mil service). Serfs/slaves=Actually Part of the Property






46. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






47. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






48. (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest






49. King of Babylon. had law code (discipline - order in society - pessimistic outlook) Sanctioned by the gods






50. Things all people do the same way (language)