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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






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






4. Describe behavior in insider/natives own terms. Actor's own reasons - interpretations - customs - beliefs






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






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






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






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






9. 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






10. All cultures accept. But only 20% of societies are considered strictly monogamous (one marriage per lifetime)






11. Women are material objects - promised to a man in return for reciprocity (usually another woman - or political alliance






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






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






14. 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)






15. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






16. Adenine - guanine - cytosine - thymine that form genetic code.






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






18. 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.






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






20. Traces back to ONE person






21. Provisional sampling cuts to explore potential excavation sites. Tigris/Euphrates flooded regularly so hard to navigate.






22. The aspect of archaeology that deals with the past of man before he learned to write has - since the middle of the 19th century - aka prehistory.






23. <40kya): Regional stone tool industries (Perigordian - Aurignacian - Solutrean - Magdelenian) - More complex - specialized - variety of tools. Regional artistic traditions. Homosapien - Neanderthal - Cro-magnon. Small Sculptures (E. Eur): Small - por






24. Anthropologist: Pacific Islands(SamoaPolynesia) - cultural effects on development of personality






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






26. Personal quirks: Get up at certain time - order of getting dressed - etc






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






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






29. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






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






31. USA/Mexico/C. Am. Corn (maize) - beans - squash 6500BC (village life not until 2k BC).- Neolithic






32. Development of Civilizations: Copper & Tin=Bronze. Replaced stone for tools/weapons






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






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






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






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






37. Religion. Most important intellectual development. Flourished b/c of weakening Egypt & annihilation of Hittites (1200BC)






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






39. A homo erectus discovered by Dutch physician and anatomist Eugene Dubois in 1891 in JAVA Indonesia -






40. Branch of anthropology - systematic and detailed comparison of human races - their origin - distribution - culture - etc.






41. Found Australopathicus skull in 1959. Upright human footprints in 1978






42. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






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






44. Spread of innovations in the Cradle of Civilization . Modified: Various centers spread innovation






45. The subfield of anthropology that focuses on variations in cultural behaviors among human populations






46. New family you form when you marry and have children.






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






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






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






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