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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






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






4. 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]






5. Fixed at birth - unchangeable - endogamous. India: Brahmins - warriors - artisans - laborers (then untouchables)






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






7. Symbols that provide info about a person or object (red light=danger)






8. 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






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






10. The earliest member of the genus Homo - ape-like - found on sites dating 2mya Dr. Leakey in Olduvai Gorge - Africa. 775cc brain (1/2 sapien) tool users. Lived 50 -000 years. 'handy man'






11. 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)






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






13. Anthropologist: After armchair anthro...embarked on early anthro expeditions (not scientifically rigorous).






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






15. An impersonal supernatural force that flows in and out of people and objects






16. Evaluating other groups according to THEIR standards (not judging)






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






18. Study of remains found in layers of soil and rock






19. Viewpoint of Anthropologists. Economy that is embedded within other social structures and institutions. Interaction of humans with their environment - methods of 'want' satisfaction. Holistic. Opponents argue that Formalist approach only applies to m






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






21. Anthropologist: Survival=Symbolic form of earlier custom (mock battle in nuptial rituals=vestige of actually 'capturing the bride'






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






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






24. 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.






25. Holistic study of humanity.






26. Things all people do the same way (language)






27. Shift of population from food production to specialization. Strong sense of ownership of land.






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






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






30. One of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic - such as hair color






31. A subdivision within the primate order based on shared anatomical primitive traits: side eyes - wet nose - nocturnal - dental combs






32. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






33. Chavin - Chibcham Chimor - Chachapoya - Huari - Inca - Moche - Nazca - Tairona - Tiwanaku






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






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






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






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






38. The application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and 'survival of the fittest' to human societies - particularly as justification for United States expansion. (white man's burden)






39. Ancient Hebrew manuscripts hidden in clay jars in caves near Qumran by the Dead Sea that were discovered accidentally by Bedouin while looking for a stray animal in 1947..






40. Spread of something from one group to another






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






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






43. Scarcity - Supply & Demand - Self-interest - personal gain - rational decision-making. Economy can be analyzed independent of other social structures and institutions.Emph: Choice of Indiv actor






44. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






45. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






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






47. Relatives through marriage






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






49. Ceremonial distrib of property/gifts to affirm social status. Ritual generosity - conspic consump. Wealth used to purchase Prestige. NW Pacific Indian Tribes Haida - Nuxalk - Tlingit - Tsimshian - Salish - Nuu-chah-nulth - and Kwakiutl. Also similar






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