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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






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






4. Basic building blocks of culture. Without them - there is no culture






5. Said anthropology is a 'Policy Science'. Urged for its use in improving the human condition. What is Culture - cross-cultural.






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






7. Shorthand - Morse Code






8. 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






9. 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






10. Man marries widow of his dead brother






11. Muslim (up to 4 wives by law). Middle East - Asia - North Africa. Native Americans (before European values)






12. (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






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






14. (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest






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






16. 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






17. Set of rights and obligations inherent in a social position.






18. Deoxyribonucleic acid; genetic formation in a double-helix; (Watson & Crick)






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






20. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






21. The commonness of the occurrence of any particular allele in a population (a fraction)






22. Relatives through marriage






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






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






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






26. 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)






27. Form of government of Hittites - Assyrians - Babylonians - Israelites






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






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






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






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






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






33. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






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






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






36. A homo erectus discovered by Dutch physician and anatomist Eugene Dubois in 1891 in JAVA Indonesia -






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






38. Anthropologist: (early 1900s): Culture = combination of universals - alternatives - specialties - individual peculiarities. The Study of Man (1936) and The Tree of Culture (1955)






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






40. Describe behavior in insider/natives own terms. Actor's own reasons - interpretations - customs - beliefs






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






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






43. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






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






45. Evaluating other groups according to THEIR standards (not judging)






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






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






48. Ruthless empire. By 665BC=Palestine - Syria - Asia Minor - Persian Gulf. buffer b/n civil Middle East & Barbarians.fell in 612BC. Internal revolution - and defeat by NeoBabylonians (Chaldeans)






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






50. 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'