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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Not universal. Evolved in last 10k years (surplus food - development of states). States are political system most likely to go to war






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






3. 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)






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






5. Created by Setting upper grindstone at an angle when grinding red ochre=sharp edge=Celt (like a chisel or axe - Egypt)- Neolithic






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






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






15. 'Upright Man' - An extinct species of the genus Homo - Africa/Europe/Asia. fire and tools. hand ax. early speech.






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






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






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






19. Runway/airstrip/radios (coconuts and straw to attract aircraft with cargo). Ritual marches (twigs/guns - insignia 'USA' to look like soldiers)






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






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






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






23. Political order (polity) is not a distinct institution - it is embedded in the overall social order. No formal govt






24. Holistic study of humanity.






25. Development of Civilizations: Copper & Tin=Bronze. Replaced stone for tools/weapons






26. 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)






27. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






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






29. Story with deep explanatory or symbolic resonance for a culture






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






31. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






32. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






33. A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food - clothing - and shelter.






34. Logic/Observation (not gods). Thales - Xenophanes - Pyhtagorus - Hippocrates. Differed from Near Eastern thought.






35. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






36. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






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






38. Spread of an IDEA from one group to another.






39. Deoxyribonucleic acid; genetic formation in a double-helix; (Watson & Crick)






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






41. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






42. (some people do it differently) Sex roles - religion - age roles






43. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






44. Anthropologist: 12-volume comparative study of Religion (using ethnographic details) - evolution of religion from magic.






45. Characteristics are inherited independently from other characteristics


46. 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


47. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






48. 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.






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






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