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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Ancient Roman patrilineal clan that shared the same surname - and a legendary common ancestor (worshipped)






2. Anthrpologist: Arapaho - archeo/anthro. preservation of Indian tribal culture. salvage ethnography. student of Boas.






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






4. New family you form when you marry and have children.






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






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






7. The process by which a living organism adapts to its environment.






8. Small segment of DNA that codes for the systhesis (creation) of a specific protein - and thus determines a trait.






9. Cholula - Huastec - Mixtec - Olmec - Pipil - Totonac - Toltec - Zapote






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






11. Marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law






12. A theory stressing the importance of interdependence among all behavior patterns and institutions within a social system to its long-term survival. (Emile Durkheim)






13. 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






14. Action - research & development - community - advocacy - cultural/social marketing






15. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






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






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






18. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






19. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. After River (more rigor). Studied American Indians (1880s documented) Coined 'Cultural Relativism'. Sat with elders to hear their historic accounts of their culture. [Salvage ethnography]






20. 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.






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






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






23. Muslim (up to 4 wives by law). Middle East - Asia - North Africa. Native Americans (before European values)






24. 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






25. Acting as a communiction link between producers and users of new technology






26. Civilization to invent 'zero'






27. Evaluating other groups according to THEIR standards (not judging)






28. Milan (1957) probe penetrates burial chambers and photographs walls and contents.






29. Lemurs - monkeys - Apes and humans. Prehensile/Grasping hands..Some-opposable thumb - larger males than females. flat fingernails.






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






31. One of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic - such as hair color






32. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






33. Used to date organic remains and rocks from 50 -000yrs ago to present (atomic physics)






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






35. The study of the different sounds employed by language.






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






37. World's first cities appeared between the years 4000 and 3500 BC.






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






39. Cultural phenom existed for a reason - but persist when conditions change (superstition=vestige of rational practices).






40. Fixed at birth - unchangeable - endogamous. India: Brahmins - warriors - artisans - laborers (then untouchables)






41. (skills that only some people have) Playing guitar - understanding algebra.






42. The 2nd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (Domestication of animals - cultivation)






43. The study of the patterns and distributions of speech sounds in a language and the tacit rules for their pronunciation.






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






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






46. Based on institutionalized beliefs and practices dealing with ultimate meaning of life. Belief stems from their experience of the world.






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






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






49. Buying/selling goods & Services with prices set by supply & demand. (usually involves money). Haviland: Informal v. Formal (govt controlled)






50. Massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mudbricks. It is associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities - Sumerians.