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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






3. <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






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






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






6. (Middle Stone Age): 10kya. Hunter/Gatherer (w/ fish). Baskets - Pots - - harpoons - canoes - store food. Holocene. Not much development in art - focused on inventions - diversification of subsistence strategies






7. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






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






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






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






11. Family that raised you






12. Determining the success of a project






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






14. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






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






16. (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)






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






18. Early humans and human like creature. Erect - large complex brain - tool-using - community organization.






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






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






21. Old Stone Age. 2.5 mya - 2kya. Chipped stone tools. earliest human ancestors. pleistocene.






22. A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food - clothing - and shelter.






23. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






24. The linguistic hypothesis holds that language predisposes us to see the world in a certain way was developed by these two.






25. Research that refers to in-depth study using face-to-face or observation techniques to collect data from people in their natural settings.






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






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






28. Method of detecting buried features by locating the magnetic disturbances they cause: (1957-58) proton magnetometer - the proton gradiometer - and the fluxgate gradiometer.






29. Domestication of plants - gardening using man-powered tools. Labor Intensive/Surplus/Social Stratification






30. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem






31. Lemurs - monkeys - Apes and humans. Prehensile/Grasping hands..Some-opposable thumb - larger males than females. flat fingernails.






32. (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






33. 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.






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






35. 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.






36. Shorthand - Morse Code






37. 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






38. (Reverence): Most rituals mark day - month - season - year - stage of life - new event. Burial Rituals found from 20kya






39. Holistic study of humanity.






40. (skills that only some people have) Playing guitar - understanding algebra.






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






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






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






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






45. Political order (polity) is not a distinct institution - it is embedded in the overall social order. No formal govt






46. Acting as a communiction link between producers and users of new technology






47. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






48. The genetic makeup of an organism as indicated by its set of alleles - that determines hereditary potential/limits from embyro to adulthood.






49. 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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50. First farming. 9-7k BC. Middle East (Iraq - Iran - Israel etc.) Barley - wheat - sheep - goats. (cows/pigs later). Spread from Middle East north to Europe - Neolithic