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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. Relatives through marriage






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






4. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






5. The study of how people use language in context - how utterances are used - either figuratively or literally - in communicative acts.






6. People group: (S. Mesopotamia/Iraq). Advanced Tech (bronze tools/weapons). Writing (cuneiform) - law - educations - intellectual - economic. City-state government






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






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






9. Plants and animals all evolved over a long period of time from simple into more complex life forms. (Darwin)






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Indissoluble in Roman Catholic and Hindu. Pueblo Indians: woman simply leaves moccasins on the doorstep (NM -AZ) No divorce allowed in Malta - Philippines. Low divorce rate in Japan. Islam allows but discourages (3x limit)






17. A larger collection of DNA that contains many genes and the support proteins needed to control these genes.






18. Story with deep explanatory or symbolic resonance for a culture






19. Characteristics are inherited independently from other characteristics

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20. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






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






22. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






23. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






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






25. The study of the literal meanings and the interpretation of words.






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






27. Family that raised you






28. Study of human activity and cultures through material remains. non-natural science. half science - half humanity. Fills in gaps in human history.






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






30. Runway/airstrip/radios (coconuts and straw to attract aircraft with cargo). Ritual marches (twigs/guns - insignia 'USA' to look like soldiers)






31. 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)






32. Melanesia (SW Pacific WWII+). Western goods created by ancestral spirits (intended for them - but controlled by whites).






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






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






35. The subfield of anthropology that focuses on variations in cultural behaviors among human populations






36. Yanonamo Village invites another village. Social gathering/political alliances (like dinner party). Yan=deceiptful






37. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






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






39. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






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






41. Seperation(leave) - Liminality(limbo) - Incorporation(rejoin).






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






43. The aspect of archaeology that deals with the past of man before he learned to write has - since the middle of the 19th century - aka prehistory.






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






45. German archeologists who discovered the site of Troy in the late 1800's






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






47. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






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






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






50. Planned - rescue - and accidental.