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DSST General Anthropology

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1. 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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2. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






3. Religion. Most important intellectual development. Flourished b/c of weakening Egypt & annihilation of Hittites (1200BC)






4. (Reverence): Most rituals mark day - month - season - year - stage of life - new event. Burial Rituals found from 20kya






5. German archeologists who discovered the site of Troy in the late 1800's






6. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






7. Symbols that provide info about a person or object (red light=danger)






8. The school of thought developed by the French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss - in which cultures - viewed as systems - are analyzed in terms of the structural relations among their elements. Referring to mental structure.






9. The 1st in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (hunter-gatherer - hordes - no class - no ownership).






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






11. The non-living world. the area from the surface of earth down to its center.






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






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






15. Chopper-chopping tool industry (Pebble Industry). Wood -bone -stone tools. Homo Erectus. Hand-Axe (700kya): Abbevillian Industry (France) and later - Acheulian Industry (Eur/Af/As). Flake Stone Tools (flint): Clactonian Industry






16. Found Australopathicus skull in 1959. Upright human footprints in 1978






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






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






19. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






20. Shift of population from food production to specialization. Strong sense of ownership of land.






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






22. Determining the success of a project






23. Chavin - Chibcham Chimor - Chachapoya - Huari - Inca - Moche - Nazca - Tairona - Tiwanaku






24. Any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation






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






26. Associated with Julian Steward - study of adaptation of social culture to natural resources and other human groups.






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






28. Early humans and human like creature. Erect - large complex brain - tool-using - community organization.






29. 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






30. Provisional sampling cuts to explore potential excavation sites. Tigris/Euphrates flooded regularly so hard to navigate.






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






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






33. 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.






34. Mexico - sun/war/civilization gods - subord women - human sacrifice - cannibalism - time/calendars. Caste system - architecture - learning and the arts - polytheistic - pictorial alphabet






35. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






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






37. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






38. Eg - Barter. Scarce goods from one group are exchanged for desirable goods from another group. Giver tries to come out on top. Ultimate form = taking by force.






39. First farming. 9-7k BC. Middle East (Iraq - Iran - Israel etc.) Barley - wheat - sheep - goats. (cows/pigs later). Spread from Middle East north to Europe - Neolithic






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






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






42. Either of 2 sibs - clans - kinship groups - of unilateral descent - that together make up a tribe or society






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






44. 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).






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






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






47. Shorthand - Morse Code






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






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






50. The aspect of archaeology that deals with the past of man before he learned to write has - since the middle of the 19th century - aka prehistory.