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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






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






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






5. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






6. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






7. King of Babylon. had law code (discipline - order in society - pessimistic outlook) Sanctioned by the gods






8. Spread to Huang Ho (Yellow River Valley) of China - and SE Asia by 3500BC (millet and rice).- Neolithic






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






10. A social bond based on common ancestry - marriage - or adoption






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






12. Using a radioactive process to determine the age of an item. millions of years.






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






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






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






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






17. New family you form when you marry and have children.






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






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






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






21. Old Stone Age. 2.5 mya - 2kya. Chipped stone tools. earliest human ancestors. pleistocene.






22. Closest living animal to modern humans. 96% same DNA.






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






24. Development of Civilizations: Copper & Tin=Bronze. Replaced stone for tools/weapons






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






26. Species of people that inhabited much of Europe and the Mediterranean lands c. 200 -000-28 -000 years ago. The name derives from the discovery in 1856 of remains in a cave above Germany's Neander Valley. Neanderthals were short - stout - and powerful






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






28. 'Upright Man' - An extinct species of the genus Homo - Africa/Europe/Asia. fire and tools. hand ax. early speech.






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






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






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






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






33. Mexico - sun/war/civilization gods - subord women - human sacrifice - cannibalism - time/calendars. Caste system - architecture - learning and the arts - polytheistic - pictorial alphabet






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






35. 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.






36. Religion. Most important intellectual development. Flourished b/c of weakening Egypt & annihilation of Hittites (1200BC)






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






38. Category of individuals who enjoy equal prestige according to a society. (Perception of class is relative). Economics - social status - aesthetic preferences - behavior - occupation - appearance - civic involvement






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






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






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






42. Determining the success of a project






43. From Africa to Eurasia (through Himalayas/Silk Road - across straight of Gilbralter.






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






45. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






46. 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.






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






48. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






49. Position from which members engage in social practices. (Sociology focuses on interrelationship/effect of status






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