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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. Determining the success of a project






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






4. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






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






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






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






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






9. Lord owned the land. Allocated land to Nobles (for loyalty/mil service). Serfs/slaves=Actually Part of the Property






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






11. People group: (S. Mesopotamia/Iraq). Advanced Tech (bronze tools/weapons). Writing (cuneiform) - law - educations - intellectual - economic. City-state government






12. The linguistic hypothesis holds that language predisposes us to see the world in a certain way was developed by these two.






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






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






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






16. (some people do it differently) Sex roles - religion - age roles






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






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






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






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






21. (Veblen): Display of wealth by its owner for social prestige






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






23. 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






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






25. The elementary structure. all cultural systems are built is a set of four types of organically linked relationships: brother/sister - husband/wife - father/son - and mother's brother/sister's son. (Levi-Strauss).






26. Vietnam War (Jesus=jeep/camo) - Native Americans (Dance of the Spirits) - Africa (Abacus/Menstrual Cycle)






27. Skipped Bronze Age. Intermediate Neolithic tools were used instead (Zaire - Ghana). But not in Kenya (no celts - axes etc)






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






29. Also known as 'biological anthropology -' studies the mechanisms of biological evolution - genetic inheritance - human adaptability and variation - primatology - and the fossil record of human evolution.






30. 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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31. The living world. the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist






32. The study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language.






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






34. What people ACTUALLY do in everyday - real life interactio






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






36. Transfer of cultural traits/ideas from one society/ethnic group to another. McDonald's (US=Fast Food - China=Special Occasion)






37. The science dealing with the measurement of the human body to determine differences in individuals or groups






38. The school of thought developed by the French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss - in which cultures - viewed as systems - are analyzed in terms of the structural relations among their elements. Referring to mental structure.






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






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






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






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






43. Anthropologist: reciprocity - gift economy - Durkheim's nephew






44. Viewpoint of Anthropologists. Economy that is embedded within other social structures and institutions. Interaction of humans with their environment - methods of 'want' satisfaction. Holistic. Opponents argue that Formalist approach only applies to m






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






46. Invented smelting of iron






47. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






48. Communication element. Represents a complex of person - object - group - or idea. Graphically or Representationally.






49. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






50. Catarrhini (hooked nose). Asia - Africa - Europe. large mammals. ground dwellers. carniverous. harems/sexual dimorphism. non-prehensile tails (baboons - macaque - proboscic monkey.