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DSST General Anthropology

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1. A homo erectus discovered by Dutch physician and anatomist Eugene Dubois in 1891 in JAVA Indonesia -






2. Small segment of DNA that codes for the systhesis (creation) of a specific protein - and thus determines a trait.






3. Marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law






4. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






5. Thinker: social stratification






6. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






7. Seperation(leave) - Liminality(limbo) - Incorporation(rejoin).






8. Specialization in Indus Socs. Not in Tribal Socs (age/gender decides who does what). Amazon tribes specialize though






9. Set of rights and obligations inherent in a social position.






10. Large neolithic farming village in Turkey during 6700 B.C. - 5700 B.C.






11. Holistic study of humanity.






12. Shorthand - Morse Code






13. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






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






15. Anthrpologist: Arapaho - archeo/anthro. preservation of Indian tribal culture. salvage ethnography. student of Boas.






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






17. 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)






18. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. After River (more rigor). Studied American Indians (1880s documented) Coined 'Cultural Relativism'. Sat with elders to hear their historic accounts of their culture. [Salvage ethnography]






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






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






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






22. 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.






23. The study of the patterns and distributions of speech sounds in a language and the tacit rules for their pronunciation.






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






25. Traces back to ONE person






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






27. Associated with Julian Steward - study of adaptation of social culture to natural resources and other human groups.






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






29. First used in admin of British Colonies by Northcote Thomas in Nigeria in 1908. 'Age of Enlightenment'/Natural Science






30. (Foragers): Earliest and most stable form of human subsistence. Unit of production = Unit of Consumption. Of 150billion who have ever lived - 60% were HG. 99% of history as humans is as HG






31. Spread of innovations in the Cradle of Civilization . Modified: Various centers spread innovation






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






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






34. Spread of an IDEA from one group to another.






35. A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food - clothing - and shelter.






36. Early humans and human like creature. Erect - large complex brain - tool-using - community organization.






37. Determining the success of a project






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






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






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






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






43. Form of government of Hittites - Assyrians - Babylonians - Israelites






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






45. Cradle of mankind. tanzania (30m long) Leakey family (1950s) 7 layers. found tools of habillus and erectus.






46. Characteristics are inherited independently from other characteristics

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






48. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






49. (HG) Personalized - supernatural beings (souls or gods) inhabit ordinary objects and govern their existence. Everything has a soul. Zambia - Congo - Gabon - Guinea - Indonesia - Japan - Laos - Myanmar - Peru - Philippines (+ Canada - Russia - Sweden






50. World's first cities appeared between the years 4000 and 3500 BC.