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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






3. Species of people that inhabited much of Europe and the Mediterranean lands c. 200 -000-28 -000 years ago. The name derives from the discovery in 1856 of remains in a cave above Germany's Neander Valley. Neanderthals were short - stout - and powerful






4. Each inherited characteristic is determined by two heredity factors/genes - one from each parent - which determines whether a gene will be dominant or recessive.

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5. The sum total of the genes carried by the individual members of the population






6. A subdivision within the primate order based on shared anatomical characteristics that larger brains - binocular vision - parental care - longer gestational period - slower maturation.






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






8. Ritual in Japan/Samurai - boys 12-16 - temple - adult clothes/hair






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






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






11. Food foragers (in-sync with env - see themselves as a harmonious part of natural world).






12. Relatives through marriage






13. 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.






14. 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.






15. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






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






17. 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'






18. Viewpoint of Anthropologists. Economy that is embedded within other social structures and institutions. Interaction of humans with their environment - methods of 'want' satisfaction. Holistic. Opponents argue that Formalist approach only applies to m






19. Common ancestor. Endogamy forbidden (regarded as incest). Can be Matriclan/Patriclan






20. 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






21. Began 5k ya in Mesopotamia - Egypt - possible to create flood control plans. Later in India - China - then Europe.






22. Penalty for violating moral principle or law. Larger society=more formal sanction






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






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






25. States (see themselves as manipulating their environment - controlling it - dominating it - for self-interest).






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






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






28. An impersonal supernatural force that flows in and out of people and objects






29. Holistic study of humanity.






30. Random change in allele frequencies that occurs in small populations. Sewall-Wright effect






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






32. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






33. 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






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






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






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






37. From Africa to Eurasia (through Himalayas/Silk Road - across straight of Gilbralter.






38. Personal quirks: Get up at certain time - order of getting dressed - etc






39. (HG) Personalized - supernatural beings (souls or gods) inhabit ordinary objects and govern their existence. Everything has a soul. Zambia - Congo - Gabon - Guinea - Indonesia - Japan - Laos - Myanmar - Peru - Philippines (+ Canada - Russia - Sweden






40. Large neolithic farming village in Turkey during 6700 B.C. - 5700 B.C.






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






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






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






44. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






45. Ways to date artifacts






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






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






48. A subdivision within the primate order based on shared anatomical primitive traits: side eyes - wet nose - nocturnal - dental combs






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






50. The children of a parent's siblings of the opposite sex (mother's brothers - father's sisters).