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DSST General Anthropology

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1. The scientific study of the structure - sounds - and meaning of language






2. Yanonamo Village invites another village. Social gathering/political alliances (like dinner party). Yan=deceiptful






3. Exchange of goods/services/gifts/emotions b/n two parties. Often ritual/ceremony. Characteristic of HG groups






4. Africa: Jackals=Dogs. Donkeys - cats. (entered religious thought - animistic philosphy of Egypt) - Neolithic






5. The process of removing earth carefully and systemically from an area in order to find buried remains






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






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






8. Social Movements to build an ideology that is relevant to changing cultural needs (their understanding of world). Eg: Melanesian Cargo Cults - or Mormonism in the US (Joseph Smith)






9. 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






10. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






11. (New Stone Age): 10kya. Domestic animals - villages - pottery - weaving - food producing (not collecting). Holocene. Beginning of real civilization (Final stage of prehistoric cult evol/techno dev)






12. Thinkers: linguistics






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






14. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






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






17. Referring to time as it relates to something older or younger; not exact dates.






18. A polygamous mating system involving one female and many males.






19. Any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation






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






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






22. The process by which a living organism adapts to its environment.






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






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






25. (some people do it differently) Sex roles - religion - age roles






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






27. Cluster of 3 or more sibs - clans - kinship groups considered a single unit (but retain sep IDs within) - Native Americans: Used animal sign to ID (Tlingit Tribe: Matri] - Intermarriage b/n phratries was mandated)






28. Essential mechanism of evolution proposed by Charles Darwin - and is the process by which those members of a particular species that are better adapted to their environment survive longer and produce more offspring than the poorer adapted.






29. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






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






31. 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






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






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






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






35. The process through which genes pass from the gene pool of one population through mating and reproduction to that of another.






36. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






37. Indissoluble in Roman Catholic and Hindu. Pueblo Indians: woman simply leaves moccasins on the doorstep (NM -AZ) No divorce allowed in Malta - Philippines. Low divorce rate in Japan. Islam allows but discourages (3x limit)






38. 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.






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






40. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem






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






42. The linguistic hypothesis holds that language predisposes us to see the world in a certain way was developed by these two.






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






44. Using anthropological expertise on a practical level to understand and alleviate human problems. Eg - Impact of a new agriculture system in a society - causes of illiteracy among adults in a given group






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






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






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






48. Cohesive set of myths (religion/belief system)






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






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