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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Spread of something from one group to another






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






3. Research in which the data is recorded in numerical form.






4. Ruthless empire. By 665BC=Palestine - Syria - Asia Minor - Persian Gulf. buffer b/n civil Middle East & Barbarians.fell in 612BC. Internal revolution - and defeat by NeoBabylonians (Chaldeans)






5. Identifying impact of federal development on archaeological sites and historical buildings






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






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






8. Primary form of support for existing political leadership. Based on internal values of the people - not so much coercion






9. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






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






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






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






13. The 3rd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. Human form of culture. many people in urban center - smelt metals - method of writing.






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






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






16. Mobile Foragers (Eskimo) combine nuclear families. Don't allow accumulated wealth - prize generosity - equality of resources






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






18. All cultures accept. But only 20% of societies are considered strictly monogamous (one marriage per lifetime)






19. 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.






20. 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.






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






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






23. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






24. King of Babylon. had law code (discipline - order in society - pessimistic outlook) Sanctioned by the gods






25. 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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26. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






27. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






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






29. Value of gift and time of repayment are not specified






30. Ways to date artifacts






31. (Middle Stone Age): 10kya. Hunter/Gatherer (w/ fish). Baskets - Pots - - harpoons - canoes - store food. Holocene. Not much development in art - focused on inventions - diversification of subsistence strategies






32. Ceremonial distrib of property/gifts to affirm social status. Ritual generosity - conspic consump. Wealth used to purchase Prestige. NW Pacific Indian Tribes Haida - Nuxalk - Tlingit - Tsimshian - Salish - Nuu-chah-nulth - and Kwakiutl. Also similar






33. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






34. A polygamous mating system involving one female and many males.






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






36. Collecting community data for use by development planners






37. Melanesia (SW Pacific WWII+). Western goods created by ancestral spirits (intended for them - but controlled by whites).






38. 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






39. Half way b/n tribe and state. Kin-based. Permanent group-based differencesin access to resources. Permanent Political Structure






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






41. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






42. The process of removing earth carefully and systemically from an area in order to find buried remains






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






44. Married couple + Kids (incl. Foster - adopted - natural children). Most common form in US.aka Conjugal Family






45. 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






46. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






47. 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






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






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






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