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DSST General Anthropology

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1. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






2. A subdivision within the primate order based on shared anatomical primitive traits: side eyes - wet nose - nocturnal - dental combs






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






4. Referring to time as it relates to something older or younger; not exact dates.






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






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






7. 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.






8. 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.






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






10. Ritual in Burma/Thai boy monks 7-14 - 'Jewel Princess'






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






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






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






14. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






15. Closest living animal to modern humans. 96% same DNA.






16. Political order (polity) is not a distinct institution - it is embedded in the overall social order. No formal govt






17. Each inherited characteristic is determined by two heredity factors/genes - one from each parent - which determines whether a gene will be dominant or recessive.

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






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






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






21. Ancient Hebrew manuscripts hidden in clay jars in caves near Qumran by the Dead Sea that were discovered accidentally by Bedouin while looking for a stray animal in 1947..






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






23. Cluster of 3 or more sibs - clans - kinship groups considered a single unit (but retain sep IDs within) - Native Americans: Used animal sign to ID (Tlingit Tribe: Matri] - Intermarriage b/n phratries was mandated)






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






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






26. 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)






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






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






29. Man marries widow of his dead brother






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






31. Development of Civilizations: Copper & Tin=Bronze. Replaced stone for tools/weapons






32. USA/Mexico/C. Am. Corn (maize) - beans - squash 6500BC (village life not until 2k BC).- Neolithic






33. 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






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






35. Consists of social impact assessment - evaluation research - technology development research - cultural resource assessment






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






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






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






39. Half way b/n tribe and a state. Permanent political structure. Transitional form of sociopol org in evolution of tribe to state






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






41. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






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






43. Thinkers: linguistics






44. Perform Rituals in belief that ancestors will recognize their own people and make very valuable cargo come (utopian/millenial). John Frum






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






46. Spread of something from one group to another






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






48. By-product of grinding red ochre (magic powers) - Neolithic






49. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






50. The archaeology of ancient Egypt







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