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DSST General Anthropology

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1. <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






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






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






4. With reference to the writing of P. Teilhard de Chardin - a stage - world or sphere of evolutionary development characterized by consciousness - the mind - information and interpersonal relationships.






5. Ways to date artifacts






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






7. 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)






8. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






9. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






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






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






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






14. 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






15. Theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. (Talcott Parsons)






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






17. Evaluate other groups according to OUR OWN standards (judging)






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






19. Also known as 'biological anthropology -' studies the mechanisms of biological evolution - genetic inheritance - human adaptability and variation - primatology - and the fossil record of human evolution.






20. By-product of grinding red ochre (magic powers) - Neolithic






21. Holistic study of humanity.






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






23. Said anthropology is a 'Policy Science'. Urged for its use in improving the human condition. What is Culture - cross-cultural.






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






25. Describe behavior in terms familiar to the observer (enables comparative research - and making universal claims)






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






27. Communal Ownership of Land. Some ownership - but pastures - forests - mountains - waterways - sacred grounds - are shared






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






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






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






31. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






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






33. 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






34. Study of remains found in layers of soil and rock






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






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






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






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






39. Invented smelting of iron






40. Ancient Hebrew manuscripts hidden in clay jars in caves near Qumran by the Dead Sea that were discovered accidentally by Bedouin while looking for a stray animal in 1947..






41. 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

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42. The science dealing with the measurement of the human body to determine differences in individuals or groups






43. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






44. 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.






45. (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






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






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






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






49. Anthropologist: reciprocity - gift economy - Durkheim's nephew






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