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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






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






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






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






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






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






8. The sex cell of a plant or animal may contain one factor (allele) for different traits but not both factors needed to express the traits


9. Common ancestor. Endogamy forbidden (regarded as incest). Can be Matriclan/Patriclan






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






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






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






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






14. Relatives through marriage






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






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






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






18. A polygamous mating system involving one female and many males.






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






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






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






22. 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






23. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






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






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






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






27. Anthropologist: reciprocity - gift economy - Durkheim's nephew






28. 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]






29. 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)






30. Consists of social impact assessment - evaluation research - technology development research - cultural resource assessment






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






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






33. The process by which a living organism adapts to its environment.






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






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






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






37. Collecting community data for use by development planners






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






39. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






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






41. Cultural phenom existed for a reason - but persist when conditions change (superstition=vestige of rational practices).






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






43. Fixed at birth - unchangeable - endogamous. India: Brahmins - warriors - artisans - laborers (then untouchables)






44. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






45. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






46. The skeletal remains of Homo erectus - found at Zhoukoudian - near Peking - China - in the late 1930s and early 1940s and subsequently lost during World War II






47. Political order (polity) is not a distinct institution - it is embedded in the overall social order. No formal govt






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






49. Half way b/n tribe and a state. Permanent political structure. Transitional form of sociopol org in evolution of tribe to state






50. The actual time (usually measured in years) as determined by radioactive decay of elements