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DSST General Anthropology

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1. 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






2. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






3. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






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






5. First used in admin of British Colonies by Northcote Thomas in Nigeria in 1908. 'Age of Enlightenment'/Natural Science






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






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






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






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






10. Common in non-intensive food production. Villages=Various descent groups (clans/bands) - no formal govt or social classes.






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






12. (Veblen): Display of wealth by its owner for social prestige






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






14. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






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






16. Mobile Foragers (Eskimo) combine nuclear families. Don't allow accumulated wealth - prize generosity - equality of resources






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






18. Women are material objects - promised to a man in return for reciprocity (usually another woman - or political alliance






19. Also known as 'biological anthropology -' studies the mechanisms of biological evolution - genetic inheritance - human adaptability and variation - primatology - and the fossil record of human evolution.






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






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






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






23. 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'






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Improve welfare of people in underdeveloped countries (usually through economic growth).






32. Man marries widow of his dead brother






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






34. The elementary structure. all cultural systems are built is a set of four types of organically linked relationships: brother/sister - husband/wife - father/son - and mother's brother/sister's son. (Levi-Strauss).






35. Traces back to ONE person






36. 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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37. Adenine - guanine - cytosine - thymine that form genetic code.






38. Referring to time as it relates to something older or younger; not exact dates.






39. Relatives through marriage






40. A group of sexually reproducing individuals (of the same species) mating with each other and sharing a common gene pool.






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






42. Cohesive set of myths (religion/belief system)






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






44. 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






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






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






47. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






48. Family that raised you






49. Primary form of support for existing political leadership. Based on internal values of the people - not so much coercion






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







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