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DSST General Anthropology

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






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






3. Civilization to invent 'zero'






4. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






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






6. The application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and 'survival of the fittest' to human societies - particularly as justification for United States expansion. (white man's burden)






7. The school of thought developed by the French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss - in which cultures - viewed as systems - are analyzed in terms of the structural relations among their elements. Referring to mental structure.






8. A homo erectus discovered by Dutch physician and anatomist Eugene Dubois in 1891 in JAVA Indonesia -






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






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






11. (HG) Personalized - supernatural beings (souls or gods) inhabit ordinary objects and govern their existence. Everything has a soul. Zambia - Congo - Gabon - Guinea - Indonesia - Japan - Laos - Myanmar - Peru - Philippines (+ Canada - Russia - Sweden






12. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






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






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






15. (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest






16. 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






17. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






18. 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).






19. Giving and receiving are specific as to value of goods - and time of delivery.






20. Family that raised you






21. A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food - clothing - and shelter.






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






23. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






24. The study of the principles and rules that regulate word structure in language.






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






26. Strong social prohibition. Abhorrent to society. Eg - Hinduism: killing the co






27. 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

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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Method of detecting buried features by locating the magnetic disturbances they cause: (1957-58) proton magnetometer - the proton gradiometer - and the fluxgate gradiometer.






35. Large neolithic farming village in Turkey during 6700 B.C. - 5700 B.C.






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






37. Theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. (Talcott Parsons)






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






39. A social bond based on common ancestry - marriage - or adoption






40. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






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






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






43. Symbols that provide info about a person or object (red light=danger)






44. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






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






46. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






47. Began 5k ya in Mesopotamia - Egypt - possible to create flood control plans. Later in India - China - then Europe.






48. USA/Mexico/C. Am. Corn (maize) - beans - squash 6500BC (village life not until 2k BC).- Neolithic






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






50. Lemurs - monkeys - Apes and humans. Prehensile/Grasping hands..Some-opposable thumb - larger males than females. flat fingernails.