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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






3. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






4. 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).






5. 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.






6. 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.






7. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






8. Relatives through marriage






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






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






11. The earliest member of the genus Homo - ape-like - found on sites dating 2mya Dr. Leakey in Olduvai Gorge - Africa. 775cc brain (1/2 sapien) tool users. Lived 50 -000 years. 'handy man'






12. The study of the principles and rules that regulate word structure in language.






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






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






15. The study of how people use language in context - how utterances are used - either figuratively or literally - in communicative acts.






16. People group: (S. Mesopotamia/Iraq). Advanced Tech (bronze tools/weapons). Writing (cuneiform) - law - educations - intellectual - economic. City-state government






17. Collecting community data for use by development planners






18. (Middle Stone Age): 10kya. Hunter/Gatherer (w/ fish). Baskets - Pots - - harpoons - canoes - store food. Holocene. Not much development in art - focused on inventions - diversification of subsistence strategies






19. Animistic/Shamanistic. Animal or other naturalistic figure that spiritually represents a person or a clan (intimate relationship)






20. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






21. Holistic study of humanity.






22. 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






23. Wheat - barley - flax began in Asia. Entered Africa through Nile Delta (Egypt). One form of wheat began in Ethiopia. - Neolithic






24. Spread of innovations in the Cradle of Civilization . Modified: Various centers spread innovation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. A theory stressing the importance of interdependence among all behavior patterns and institutions within a social system to its long-term survival. (Emile Durkheim)






34. 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






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






36. Cluster of 3 or more sibs - clans - kinship groups considered a single unit (but retain sep IDs within) - Native Americans: Used animal sign to ID (Tlingit Tribe: Matri] - Intermarriage b/n phratries was mandated)






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






38. 'Verbal Evaluation - Patterns of Association - symbolic Indicators(wealth/dress/job)'. Haviland






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






46. Catarrhini (hooked nose). Asia - Africa - Europe. large mammals. ground dwellers. carniverous. harems/sexual dimorphism. non-prehensile tails (baboons - macaque - proboscic monkey.






47. Technology that Spread east to Indus River Valley (India) by 5k BC






48. Civilization to invent 'zero'






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






50. The discovery and recording of archaeological sites and their examination by methods other than the use of the spade and the trowel