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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. Relatives on each side of marriage - extending at least to second cousin. Urbanization - migration = less importance






3. Common ancestor. Endogamy forbidden (regarded as incest). Can be Matriclan/Patriclan






4. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






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






6. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






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






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






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






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






11. 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)






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






13. A homo erectus discovered by Dutch physician and anatomist Eugene Dubois in 1891 in JAVA Indonesia -






14. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






15. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. The application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and 'survival of the fittest' to human societies - particularly as justification for United States expansion. (white man's burden)






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






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






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






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






27. (Foragers): Earliest and most stable form of human subsistence. Unit of production = Unit of Consumption. Of 150billion who have ever lived - 60% were HG. 99% of history as humans is as HG






28. <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






29. Story with deep explanatory or symbolic resonance for a culture






30. 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






31. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






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






33. Spread of innovations in the Cradle of Civilization . Modified: Various centers spread innovation






34. Hispanic ritual - 15 yr girl - sneakers to high heel






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






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






37. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






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






39. Traces back to ONE person






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






41. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






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






43. Yanonamo Village invites another village. Social gathering/political alliances (like dinner party). Yan=deceiptful






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






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






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






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






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






49. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






50. 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)