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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






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






3. Primary form of support for existing political leadership. Based on internal values of the people - not so much coercion






4. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






5. Lord owned the land. Allocated land to Nobles (for loyalty/mil service). Serfs/slaves=Actually Part of the Property






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






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






8. The non-living world. the area from the surface of earth down to its center.






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






10. Evaluate other groups according to OUR OWN standards (judging)






11. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






12. Method of detecting buried features by locating the magnetic disturbances they cause: (1957-58) proton magnetometer - the proton gradiometer - and the fluxgate gradiometer.






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






14. What people ACTUALLY do in everyday - real life interactio






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






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






17. Determining the success of a project






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






19. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






20. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






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






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






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






24. Ways to date artifacts






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






26. Civilization to invent 'zero'






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






28. The study of the principles and rules that regulate word structure in language.






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






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






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






32. Penalty for violating moral principle or law. Larger society=more formal sanction






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






34. Story with deep explanatory or symbolic resonance for a culture






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






36. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






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






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






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






40. 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)






41. Man marries widow of his dead brother






42. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






43. Anthropologist: 12-volume comparative study of Religion (using ethnographic details) - evolution of religion from magic.






44. Relatives through marriage






45. 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.






46. 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.






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






48. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






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






50. Each inherited characteristic is determined by two heredity factors/genes - one from each parent - which determines whether a gene will be dominant or recessive.

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