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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. Marks change in social or sexual status. Birth - Circumcision - Coming of Age - Wedding - Menopause - Death






3. 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.






4. The 2nd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (Domestication of animals - cultivation)






5. Small segment of DNA that codes for the systhesis (creation) of a specific protein - and thus determines a trait.






6. The science dealing with the measurement of the human body to determine differences in individuals or groups






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






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






9. Essential mechanism of evolution proposed by Charles Darwin - and is the process by which those members of a particular species that are better adapted to their environment survive longer and produce more offspring than the poorer adapted.






10. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






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






12. Provisional sampling cuts to explore potential excavation sites. Tigris/Euphrates flooded regularly so hard to navigate.






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






14. Exchange of goods/services/gifts/emotions b/n two parties. Often ritual/ceremony. Characteristic of HG groups






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






16. Ceremonial distrib of property/gifts to affirm social status. Ritual generosity - conspic consump. Wealth used to purchase Prestige. NW Pacific Indian Tribes Haida - Nuxalk - Tlingit - Tsimshian - Salish - Nuu-chah-nulth - and Kwakiutl. Also similar






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






18. 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






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






20. (skills that only some people have) Playing guitar - understanding algebra.






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






22. Describe behavior in insider/natives own terms. Actor's own reasons - interpretations - customs - beliefs






23. A systematic and detailed description of a particular culture primarily based on fieldwork - direct contact - and qualitive research.






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






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






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






27. A subdivision within the primate order based on shared anatomical characteristics that larger brains - binocular vision - parental care - longer gestational period - slower maturation.






28. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






29. Spread to Huang Ho (Yellow River Valley) of China - and SE Asia by 3500BC (millet and rice).- Neolithic






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






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






32. 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.






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






34. Determining the success of a project






35. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






36. Change based on belief in inevitable advance of science and Western secularism. Industrial growth - consolidation of the state - bureaucratization - market economy - tech advances - literacy - social mobility






37. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem






38. <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






39. The application of scientific principles to agriculture especially to animal breeding






40. King of Babylon. had law code (discipline - order in society - pessimistic outlook) Sanctioned by the gods






41. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






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






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






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






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






47. States (see themselves as manipulating their environment - controlling it - dominating it - for self-interest).






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






49. 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






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