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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






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






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






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






5. Women are material objects - promised to a man in return for reciprocity (usually another woman - or political alliance






6. 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






7. (skills that only some people have) Playing guitar - understanding algebra.






8. Branch of anthropology - systematic and detailed comparison of human races - their origin - distribution - culture - etc.






9. Ancestors to modern gorillas - chimpanzees - orangutans and humans who diverged 30 million years ago from monkeys. Characteristics include: large - strong jaw - large brain and partially erect posture.






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






11. Set of rights and obligations inherent in a social position.






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






13. Lemurs - monkeys - Apes and humans. Prehensile/Grasping hands..Some-opposable thumb - larger males than females. flat fingernails.






14. Category of individuals who enjoy equal prestige according to a society. (Perception of class is relative). Economics - social status - aesthetic preferences - behavior - occupation - appearance - civic involvement






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






16. Permanent formal government structures and socioeconomic stratification. Most people in world's society. Autonomous political units - social classes - Formal govt based on Law - social status - population control - judges - law enf - fiscal.






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






18. Relatives through marriage






19. Early anthropologists such as E.B. Taylor and J.G. Frazer in England who worked mostly with materials collected by others - usually missionaries - traders - explorers - or colonial officials.






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






21. Spread to Huang Ho (Yellow River Valley) of China - and SE Asia by 3500BC (millet and rice).- Neolithic






22. 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).






23. Adenine - guanine - cytosine - thymine that form genetic code.






24. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






25. Closest living animal to modern humans. 96% same DNA.






26. Goods flow to central place - and are distributed again (Eg -US Tax System). Reqs strong central political organization. Sometimes Prestige is derived from giving away valuables






27. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






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






29. Method of detecting buried features by locating the magnetic disturbances they cause: (1957-58) proton magnetometer - the proton gradiometer - and the fluxgate gradiometer.






30. The commonness of the occurrence of any particular allele in a population (a fraction)






31. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






32. Traces back to ONE person






33. Cradle of mankind. tanzania (30m long) Leakey family (1950s) 7 layers. found tools of habillus and erectus.






34. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






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






36. The application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and 'survival of the fittest' to human societies - particularly as justification for United States expansion. (white man's burden)






37. <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






38. Collecting community data for use by development planners






39. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Anthropologist: Survival=Symbolic form of earlier custom (mock battle in nuptial rituals=vestige of actually 'capturing the bride'






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






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