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DSST General Anthropology

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1. First used in admin of British Colonies by Northcote Thomas in Nigeria in 1908. 'Age of Enlightenment'/Natural Science






2. Ancestors to modern gorillas - chimpanzees - orangutans and humans who diverged 30 million years ago from monkeys. Characteristics include: large - strong jaw - large brain and partially erect posture.






3. The sex cell of a plant or animal may contain one factor (allele) for different traits but not both factors needed to express the traits

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






5. 'Verbal Evaluation - Patterns of Association - symbolic Indicators(wealth/dress/job)'. Haviland






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Small segment of DNA that codes for the systhesis (creation) of a specific protein - and thus determines a trait.






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






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






16. The application of scientific principles to agriculture especially to animal breeding






17. Collecting community data for use by development planners






18. Eg - Barter. Scarce goods from one group are exchanged for desirable goods from another group. Giver tries to come out on top. Ultimate form = taking by force.






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






20. The discovery and recording of archaeological sites and their examination by methods other than the use of the spade and the trowel






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






22. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. Ethnographic fieldwork - reciprocity - Pacific Islands. After Rivers (more rigor) 'Participant Observation'. WWI spent 2 years in Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)






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






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






25. Spread from Middle East north to Europe (across Turkey/Greece into C. Eur. AND across Egypt/N Afr to Spain).Britain and Scandinavia became farming after 3k BC (Mesolithic Period).- Neolithic






26. Determining the success of a project






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Authority is allocated. Use force to achieve peace & conformance with law & custom - maintain territory against ext threat.






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






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






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






40. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






41. 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)






42. 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.






43. Began 5k ya in Mesopotamia - Egypt - possible to create flood control plans. Later in India - China - then Europe.






44. Identifying impact of federal development on archaeological sites and historical buildings






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






46. 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'






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






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






49. People group: (S. Mesopotamia/Iraq). Advanced Tech (bronze tools/weapons). Writing (cuneiform) - law - educations - intellectual - economic. City-state government






50. States (see themselves as manipulating their environment - controlling it - dominating it - for self-interest).







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