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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






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






4. Lemurs - monkeys - Apes and humans. Prehensile/Grasping hands..Some-opposable thumb - larger males than females. flat fingernails.






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






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






7. Milan (1957) probe penetrates burial chambers and photographs walls and contents.






8. Muslim (up to 4 wives by law). Middle East - Asia - North Africa. Native Americans (before European values)






9. A subdivision within the primate order based on shared anatomical characteristics that larger brains - binocular vision - parental care - longer gestational period - slower maturation.






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






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






12. 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






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






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






15. Change based on belief in inevitable advance of science and Western secularism. Industrial growth - consolidation of the state - bureaucratization - market economy - tech advances - literacy - social mobility






16. Ways to date artifacts






17. 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






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






19. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






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






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






22. Improve welfare of people in underdeveloped countries (usually through economic growth).






23. Platyrrhini - south america - small mammals - tree dwellers - prehensile tails - noctural - monogamous (gibbons - marmosets)






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






25. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






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






27. 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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28. Created by repeated pecking at grindstones b/c too smooth to grind red ochre=Macehead (Egypt/Nile Valley)- Neolithic






29. The genetic makeup of an organism as indicated by its set of alleles - that determines hereditary potential/limits from embyro to adulthood.






30. German archeologists who discovered the site of Troy in the late 1800's






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






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






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






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






35. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






36. 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






37. Study of human activity and cultures through material remains. non-natural science. half science - half humanity. Fills in gaps in human history.






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






39. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






40. Collecting community data for use by development planners






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






42. (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest






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






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






45. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






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






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






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






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






50. Political order (polity) is not a distinct institution - it is embedded in the overall social order. No formal govt






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