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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Chavin - Chibcham Chimor - Chachapoya - Huari - Inca - Moche - Nazca - Tairona - Tiwanaku






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






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






4. Family that raised you






5. Goods flow to central place - and are distributed again (Eg -US Tax System). Reqs strong central political organization. Sometimes Prestige is derived from giving away valuables






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






7. Shorthand - Morse Code






8. 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)






9. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






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






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






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






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






14. Ways to date artifacts






15. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






16. Holistic study of humanity.






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






18. 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






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






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






21. A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food - clothing - and shelter.






22. A larger collection of DNA that contains many genes and the support proteins needed to control these genes.






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






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






25. (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest






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






27. Person is considered equally related to kinfolk on either side of the family. Western Socs. (bilateral)






28. The earliest member of the genus Homo - ape-like - found on sites dating 2mya Dr. Leakey in Olduvai Gorge - Africa. 775cc brain (1/2 sapien) tool users. Lived 50 -000 years. 'handy man'






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






30. (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)






31. Man marries widow of his dead brother






32. Thinkers: linguistics






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






34. The sex cell of a plant or animal may contain one factor (allele) for different traits but not both factors needed to express the traits

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






36. 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.






37. The subfield of anthropology that focuses on variations in cultural behaviors among human populations






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






39. 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.






40. 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






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






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






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






44. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






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






46. Traces back to ONE person






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






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






49. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






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