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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Invented smelting of iron






2. 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






3. Thinker: social stratification






4. Scarcity - Supply & Demand - Self-interest - personal gain - rational decision-making. Economy can be analyzed independent of other social structures and institutions.Emph: Choice of Indiv actor






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






6. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






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






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






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






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






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






12. Muslim (up to 4 wives by law). Middle East - Asia - North Africa. Native Americans (before European values)






13. Animistic/Shamanistic. Animal or other naturalistic figure that spiritually represents a person or a clan (intimate relationship)






14. Not universal. Evolved in last 10k years (surplus food - development of states). States are political system most likely to go to war






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






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






17. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






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






19. Acting as a communiction link between producers and users of new technology






20. (New Stone Age): 10kya. Domestic animals - villages - pottery - weaving - food producing (not collecting). Holocene. Beginning of real civilization (Final stage of prehistoric cult evol/techno dev)






21. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






22. Relatives through marriage






23. Cohesive set of myths (religion/belief system)






24. 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)






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






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






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






28. (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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. World's first cities appeared between the years 4000 and 3500 BC.






36. Adenine - guanine - cytosine - thymine that form genetic code.






37. Evaluate other groups according to OUR OWN standards (judging)






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






39. 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.






40. The discovery and recording of archaeological sites and their examination by methods other than the use of the spade and the trowel






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






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






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






44. Created by repeated pecking at grindstones b/c too smooth to grind red ochre=Macehead (Egypt/Nile Valley)- Neolithic






45. Domestication of plants - gardening using man-powered tools. Labor Intensive/Surplus/Social Stratification






46. Also known as 'biological anthropology -' studies the mechanisms of biological evolution - genetic inheritance - human adaptability and variation - primatology - and the fossil record of human evolution.






47. 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






48. Value of gift and time of repayment are not specified






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






50. Collecting community data for use by development planners