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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Eg - Barter. Scarce goods from one group are exchanged for desirable goods from another group. Giver tries to come out on top. Ultimate form = taking by force.






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






3. Logic/Observation (not gods). Thales - Xenophanes - Pyhtagorus - Hippocrates. Differed from Near Eastern thought.






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






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






6. Permanent formal government structures and socioeconomic stratification. Most people in world's society. Autonomous political units - social classes - Formal govt based on Law - social status - population control - judges - law enf - fiscal.






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






8. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






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






10. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






11. Branch of anthropology - systematic and detailed comparison of human races - their origin - distribution - culture - etc.






12. Position from which members engage in social practices. (Sociology focuses on interrelationship/effect of status






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






14. <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






15. 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






16. Either of 2 sibs - clans - kinship groups - of unilateral descent - that together make up a tribe or society






17. Wheat - barley - flax began in Asia. Entered Africa through Nile Delta (Egypt). One form of wheat began in Ethiopia. - Neolithic






18. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






24. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






25. Relatives on each side of marriage - extending at least to second cousin. Urbanization - migration = less importance






26. Half way b/n tribe and state. Kin-based. Permanent group-based differencesin access to resources. Permanent Political Structure






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






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






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






30. System of symbols - mediate b/n an individual and his world. Way of Life. Make sense of world - motivate behavior






31. Research in which the data is recorded in numerical form.






32. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






33. Authority is allocated. Use force to achieve peace & conformance with law & custom - maintain territory against ext threat.






34. What people ACTUALLY do in everyday - real life interactio






35. 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.






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






37. A change or alteration in nitrogenous bases of DNA.






38. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






39. Belief of early anthropologist that cultures evolve through various stages from a simpler and more primitive state to a complex and more culturally advanced state.






40. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






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






42. Mexico - sun/war/civilization gods - subord women - human sacrifice - cannibalism - time/calendars. Caste system - architecture - learning and the arts - polytheistic - pictorial alphabet






43. Thinkers: linguistics






44. Gene flow usually occuring in humans as a result of actual migration of populations (either forced or voluntary).






45. (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






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






47. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem






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






49. 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






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