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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. (Foragers): Earliest and most stable form of human subsistence. Unit of production = Unit of Consumption. Of 150billion who have ever lived - 60% were HG. 99% of history as humans is as HG






3. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






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






5. Using a radioactive process to determine the age of an item. millions of years.






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






7. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






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






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






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






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






12. Yanonamo Village invites another village. Social gathering/political alliances (like dinner party). Yan=deceiptful






13. Any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation






14. 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.






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






16. Social Institutions - not theological - philosophical - or psychological phenomenons






17. Person is considered equally related to kinfolk on either side of the family. Western Socs. (bilateral)






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






19. Cohesive set of myths (religion/belief system)






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






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






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






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






24. Chopper-chopping tool industry (Pebble Industry). Wood -bone -stone tools. Homo Erectus. Hand-Axe (700kya): Abbevillian Industry (France) and later - Acheulian Industry (Eur/Af/As). Flake Stone Tools (flint): Clactonian Industry






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






26. Indians: Tribal villages (farmer class) - religious urban centers (priest class) - TIME/Astronomy/math - pyramids - reptilian gods.






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






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






29. 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






30. Consists of social impact assessment - evaluation research - technology development research - cultural resource assessment






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






32. Giving and receiving are specific as to value of goods - and time of delivery.






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






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






35. The sum total of the genes carried by the individual members of the population






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






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






39. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






40. Communal Ownership of Land. Some ownership - but pastures - forests - mountains - waterways - sacred grounds - are shared






41. 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.






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






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






44. Associated with Julian Steward - study of adaptation of social culture to natural resources and other human groups.






45. Ritual in Japan/Samurai - boys 12-16 - temple - adult clothes/hair






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






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






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






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






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