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DSST General Anthropology

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1. 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)






2. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






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






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






5. Created by Setting upper grindstone at an angle when grinding red ochre=sharp edge=Celt (like a chisel or axe - Egypt)- Neolithic






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






7. Provisional sampling cuts to explore potential excavation sites. Tigris/Euphrates flooded regularly so hard to navigate.






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






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






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






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






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






13. Holistic study of humanity.






14. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






15. Characteristics are inherited independently from other characteristics

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






17. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






18. Ritual in Japan/Samurai - boys 12-16 - temple - adult clothes/hair






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. The study of the literal meanings and the interpretation of words.






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






27. Describe behavior in insider/natives own terms. Actor's own reasons - interpretations - customs - beliefs






28. 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.






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






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






31. <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






32. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






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






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






35. The children of a parent's siblings of the opposite sex (mother's brothers - father's sisters).






36. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






37. Evaluate other groups according to OUR OWN standards (judging)






38. Thinkers: linguistics






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






40. The non-living world. the area from the surface of earth down to its center.






41. Man marries widow of his dead brother






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






43. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem






44. 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






45. The genetic makeup of an organism as indicated by its set of alleles - that determines hereditary potential/limits from embyro to adulthood.






46. Ancestors to modern gorillas - chimpanzees - orangutans and humans who diverged 30 million years ago from monkeys. Characteristics include: large - strong jaw - large brain and partially erect posture.






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






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






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






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