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DSST General Anthropology

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1. 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






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






3. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






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






5. Relatives on each side of marriage - extending at least to second cousin. Urbanization - migration = less importance






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






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






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






9. Anthropologist: Indians (North - Central - South America). Recorded folktales of blacks in N. America and West Indies.






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






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






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






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






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






15. Marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law






16. The observable characteristics of an organism - including physical appearance.






17. Specialization in Indus Socs. Not in Tribal Socs (age/gender decides who does what). Amazon tribes specialize though






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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.






23. A social bond based on common ancestry - marriage - or adoption






24. Evaluate other groups according to OUR OWN standards (judging)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Civilization to invent 'zero'






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






34. Wheat - barley - flax began in Asia. Entered Africa through Nile Delta (Egypt). One form of wheat began in Ethiopia. - Neolithic






35. A subdivision within the primate order based on shared anatomical characteristics that larger brains - binocular vision - parental care - longer gestational period - slower maturation.






36. (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)






37. The living world. the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist






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






40. Species of people that inhabited much of Europe and the Mediterranean lands c. 200 -000-28 -000 years ago. The name derives from the discovery in 1856 of remains in a cave above Germany's Neander Valley. Neanderthals were short - stout - and powerful






41. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






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






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






44. Thinkers: linguistics






45. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






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






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






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






49. Category of individuals who enjoy equal prestige according to a society. (Perception of class is relative). Economics - social status - aesthetic preferences - behavior - occupation - appearance - civic involvement






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