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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Difference in the genes between different species or members of the same species - caused by the varying number of structure of the chromosome. Not all may be observable as phenotypic variations






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






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






4. Shorthand - Morse Code






5. 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)






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






7. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






8. Skipped Bronze Age. Intermediate Neolithic tools were used instead (Zaire - Ghana). But not in Kenya (no celts - axes etc)






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






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






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






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






13. Basic building blocks of culture. Without them - there is no culture






14. Permanent formal government structures and socioeconomic stratification. Most people in world's society. Autonomous political units - social classes - Formal govt based on Law - social status - population control - judges - law enf - fiscal.






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






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






19. Action - research & development - community - advocacy - cultural/social marketing






20. (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)






21. Invented smelting of iron






22. Marks change in social or sexual status. Birth - Circumcision - Coming of Age - Wedding - Menopause - Death






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






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






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






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






28. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






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






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






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






32. Ancient Roman patrilineal clan that shared the same surname - and a legendary common ancestor (worshipped)






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






34. A larger collection of DNA that contains many genes and the support proteins needed to control these genes.






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






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






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






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






39. (Middle Stone Age): 10kya. Hunter/Gatherer (w/ fish). Baskets - Pots - - harpoons - canoes - store food. Holocene. Not much development in art - focused on inventions - diversification of subsistence strategies






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






41. Goods flow to central place - and are distributed again (Eg -US Tax System). Reqs strong central political organization. Sometimes Prestige is derived from giving away valuables






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






43. African CLICK language speakers. (click also used in Bantu - Zulu - Xhosa - Damin)






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






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






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






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






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






49. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






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