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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. 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






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






4. Half way b/n tribe and a state. Permanent political structure. Transitional form of sociopol org in evolution of tribe to state






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






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






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






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






9. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






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






11. Theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. (Talcott Parsons)






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






13. Collecting community data for use by development planners






14. 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.






15. 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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16. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






17. 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'






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






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






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






21. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






22. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






23. 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)






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






25. Married couple + Kids (incl. Foster - adopted - natural children). Most common form in US.aka Conjugal Family






26. 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






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






28. Africa: Jackals=Dogs. Donkeys - cats. (entered religious thought - animistic philosphy of Egypt) - Neolithic






29. Value of gift and time of repayment are not specified






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






31. Technology that Spread east to Indus River Valley (India) by 5k BC






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






33. 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






34. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem






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






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






37. 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)






38. Characteristics are inherited independently from other characteristics

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39. Ways to date artifacts






40. Ancient Hebrew manuscripts hidden in clay jars in caves near Qumran by the Dead Sea that were discovered accidentally by Bedouin while looking for a stray animal in 1947..






41. The 2nd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (Domestication of animals - cultivation)






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






43. The process by which a living organism adapts to its environment.






44. Non-industrial socs. People produce own food - but an elite controls a portion of production






45. Thinkers: linguistics






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






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






48. Groups descended from mother or father's line only. (unilateral)






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






50. Hispanic ritual - 15 yr girl - sneakers to high heel







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