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DSST General Anthropology

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1. A subdivision within the primate order based on shared anatomical characteristics that larger brains - binocular vision - parental care - longer gestational period - slower maturation.






2. A group of sexually reproducing individuals (of the same species) mating with each other and sharing a common gene pool.






3. Melanesia (SW Pacific WWII+). Western goods created by ancestral spirits (intended for them - but controlled by whites).






4. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






5. Invented smelting of iron






6. Describe behavior in terms familiar to the observer (enables comparative research - and making universal claims)






7. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






8. Study of remains found in layers of soil and rock






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






10. Technology that Spread east to Indus River Valley (India) by 5k BC






11. Personal quirks: Get up at certain time - order of getting dressed - etc






12. 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).






13. Anthropologist: Indians (North - Central - South America). Recorded folktales of blacks in N. America and West Indies.






14. 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)






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






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






17. 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..






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






19. Earliest known bipedal hominid with ape like brain - ex. Lucy 3.2 mya. 400cc brain. Africa.






20. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






21. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






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






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






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






25. Study of human activity and cultures through material remains. non-natural science. half science - half humanity. Fills in gaps in human history.






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






27. Branch of anthropology - systematic and detailed comparison of human races - their origin - distribution - culture - etc.






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






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






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






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






32. 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)






33. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






34. 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






35. Thinkers: linguistics






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






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






38. Evaluating other groups according to THEIR standards (not judging)






39. The actual time (usually measured in years) as determined by radioactive decay of elements






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






41. Communal Ownership of Land. Some ownership - but pastures - forests - mountains - waterways - sacred grounds - are shared






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






43. The sum total of the genes carried by the individual members of the population






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






45. The discovery and recording of archaeological sites and their examination by methods other than the use of the spade and the trowel






46. Father of Modern Anthropology - noted for applying the scientific method to the study of human cultures and societies. Opposed evolutionist.






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






48. Collecting community data for use by development planners






49. Half way b/n tribe and state. Kin-based. Permanent group-based differencesin access to resources. Permanent Political Structure






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