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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. 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)






3. 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






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






5. Plants and animals all evolved over a long period of time from simple into more complex life forms. (Darwin)






6. The aspect of archaeology that deals with the past of man before he learned to write has - since the middle of the 19th century - aka prehistory.






7. The 3rd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. Human form of culture. many people in urban center - smelt metals - method of writing.






8. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






9. 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.






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






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






12. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






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






14. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






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






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






17. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Based on institutionalized beliefs and practices dealing with ultimate meaning of life. Belief stems from their experience of the world.






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






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






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






29. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






30. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






31. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






32. Civilization to invent 'zero'






33. Massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mudbricks. It is associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities - Sumerians.






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






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






36. Giving and receiving are specific as to value of goods - and time of delivery.






37. Collecting community data for use by development planners






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






39. 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






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






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






42. The study of the different sounds employed by language.






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






44. 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).






45. 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)






46. Marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law






47. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






48. The skeletal remains of Homo erectus - found at Zhoukoudian - near Peking - China - in the late 1930s and early 1940s and subsequently lost during World War II






49. 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.






50. (skills that only some people have) Playing guitar - understanding algebra.






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