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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. 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.






3. 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.






4. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






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






6. 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






7. Holistic study of humanity.






8. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. Ethnographic fieldwork - reciprocity - Pacific Islands. After Rivers (more rigor) 'Participant Observation'. WWI spent 2 years in Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)






9. Scarcity - Supply & Demand - Self-interest - personal gain - rational decision-making. Economy can be analyzed independent of other social structures and institutions.Emph: Choice of Indiv actor






10. 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.






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






12. Determining the success of a project






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






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






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






16. Marks change in social or sexual status. Birth - Circumcision - Coming of Age - Wedding - Menopause - Death






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






18. System of symbols - mediate b/n an individual and his world. Way of Life. Make sense of world - motivate behavior






19. Transfer of cultural traits/ideas from one society/ethnic group to another. McDonald's (US=Fast Food - China=Special Occasion)






20. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






21. Basic building blocks of culture. Without them - there is no culture






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






23. Anthropologist: Pacific Islands(SamoaPolynesia) - cultural effects on development of personality






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






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






26. Family that raised you






27. Catarrhini (hooked nose). Asia - Africa - Europe. large mammals. ground dwellers. carniverous. harems/sexual dimorphism. non-prehensile tails (baboons - macaque - proboscic monkey.






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






29. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






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






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






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






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






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






35. Research that refers to in-depth study using face-to-face or observation techniques to collect data from people in their natural settings.






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






37. Thinker: social stratification






38. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






39. Man marries widow of his dead brother






40. Indians: Tribal villages (farmer class) - religious urban centers (priest class) - TIME/Astronomy/math - pyramids - reptilian gods.






41. A systematic and detailed description of a particular culture primarily based on fieldwork - direct contact - and qualitive research.






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






43. Shorthand - Morse Code






44. Anthropologist: (early 1900s): Culture = combination of universals - alternatives - specialties - individual peculiarities. The Study of Man (1936) and The Tree of Culture (1955)






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






46. First used in admin of British Colonies by Northcote Thomas in Nigeria in 1908. 'Age of Enlightenment'/Natural Science






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






48. Spread to Huang Ho (Yellow River Valley) of China - and SE Asia by 3500BC (millet and rice).- Neolithic






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






50. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values







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