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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






3. Civilization to invent 'zero'






4. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. After River (more rigor). Studied American Indians (1880s documented) Coined 'Cultural Relativism'. Sat with elders to hear their historic accounts of their culture. [Salvage ethnography]






5. Refined the Flake Stone Tools (flint): Mousterian Industry. Neanderthal Man.






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






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






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






9. 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






10. Thinkers: linguistics






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






12. Relatives through marriage






13. 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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14. 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






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






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






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






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






19. Platyrrhini - south america - small mammals - tree dwellers - prehensile tails - noctural - monogamous (gibbons - marmosets)






20. Thinker: social stratification






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






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






23. Communication element. Represents a complex of person - object - group - or idea. Graphically or Representationally.






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






25. The study of the patterns and distributions of speech sounds in a language and the tacit rules for their pronunciation.






26. Ritual in Burma/Thai boy monks 7-14 - 'Jewel Princess'






27. The non-living world. the area from the surface of earth down to its center.






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






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






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






31. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






32. Using anthropological expertise on a practical level to understand and alleviate human problems. Eg - Impact of a new agriculture system in a society - causes of illiteracy among adults in a given group






33. Based on institutionalized beliefs and practices dealing with ultimate meaning of life. Belief stems from their experience of the world.






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






35. Family that raised you






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






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. Determining the success of a project






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






40. Change based on belief in inevitable advance of science and Western secularism. Industrial growth - consolidation of the state - bureaucratization - market economy - tech advances - literacy - social mobility






41. Created by Setting upper grindstone at an angle when grinding red ochre=sharp edge=Celt (like a chisel or axe - Egypt)- Neolithic






42. Marks change in social or sexual status. Birth - Circumcision - Coming of Age - Wedding - Menopause - Death






43. Development of Civilizations: Copper & Tin=Bronze. Replaced stone for tools/weapons






44. The scientific study of the structure - sounds - and meaning of language






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






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






47. 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






48. The children of a parent's siblings of the opposite sex (mother's brothers - father's sisters).






49. 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.






50. 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