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DSST General Anthropology

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1. The scientific study of the structure - sounds - and meaning of language






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






3. 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)






4. Wheat - barley - flax began in Asia. Entered Africa through Nile Delta (Egypt). One form of wheat began in Ethiopia. - Neolithic






5. The application of scientific principles to agriculture especially to animal breeding






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






7. Refined the Flake Stone Tools (flint): Mousterian Industry. Neanderthal Man.






8. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






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






10. Anthropologist: 12-volume comparative study of Religion (using ethnographic details) - evolution of religion from magic.






11. Common in non-intensive food production. Villages=Various descent groups (clans/bands) - no formal govt or social classes.






12. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






13. The observable characteristics of an organism - including physical appearance.






14. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






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






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






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






18. 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






19. Spread from Middle East north to Europe (across Turkey/Greece into C. Eur. AND across Egypt/N Afr to Spain).Britain and Scandinavia became farming after 3k BC (Mesolithic Period).- Neolithic






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






21. (New Stone Age): 10kya. Domestic animals - villages - pottery - weaving - food producing (not collecting). Holocene. Beginning of real civilization (Final stage of prehistoric cult evol/techno dev)






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






23. Platyrrhini - south america - small mammals - tree dwellers - prehensile tails - noctural - monogamous (gibbons - marmosets)






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






25. Gene flow usually occuring in humans as a result of actual migration of populations (either forced or voluntary).






26. Began 5k ya in Mesopotamia - Egypt - possible to create flood control plans. Later in India - China - then Europe.






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






28. Africa: Jackals=Dogs. Donkeys - cats. (entered religious thought - animistic philosphy of Egypt) - Neolithic






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






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






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






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






33. A change or alteration in nitrogenous bases of DNA.






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






35. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






36. Invented smelting of iron






37. 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






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






39. Marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






45. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






46. Strong social prohibition. Abhorrent to society. Eg - Hinduism: killing the co






47. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






48. 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






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






50. Groups descended from mother or father's line only. (unilateral)