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DSST General Anthropology

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1. The linguistic hypothesis holds that language predisposes us to see the world in a certain way was developed by these two.






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






3. Ancient Hebrew manuscripts hidden in clay jars in caves near Qumran by the Dead Sea that were discovered accidentally by Bedouin while looking for a stray animal in 1947..






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






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






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






7. With reference to the writing of P. Teilhard de Chardin - a stage - world or sphere of evolutionary development characterized by consciousness - the mind - information and interpersonal relationships.






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






9. Created by Setting upper grindstone at an angle when grinding red ochre=sharp edge=Celt (like a chisel or axe - Egypt)- Neolithic






10. The 3rd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. Human form of culture. many people in urban center - smelt metals - method of writing.






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






12. Story with deep explanatory or symbolic resonance for a culture






13. Transfer of cultural traits/ideas from one society/ethnic group to another. McDonald's (US=Fast Food - China=Special Occasion)






14. Associated with Julian Steward - study of adaptation of social culture to natural resources and other human groups.






15. (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)






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






17. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






18. (Foragers): Earliest and most stable form of human subsistence. Unit of production = Unit of Consumption. Of 150billion who have ever lived - 60% were HG. 99% of history as humans is as HG






19. Non-industrial socs. People produce own food - but an elite controls a portion of production






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






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






22. African CLICK language speakers. (click also used in Bantu - Zulu - Xhosa - Damin)






23. Ruthless empire. By 665BC=Palestine - Syria - Asia Minor - Persian Gulf. buffer b/n civil Middle East & Barbarians.fell in 612BC. Internal revolution - and defeat by NeoBabylonians (Chaldeans)






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






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






26. Mobile Foragers (Eskimo) combine nuclear families. Don't allow accumulated wealth - prize generosity - equality of resources






27. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






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






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






30. 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






31. Spread of something from one group to another






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






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






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






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






36. Chopper-chopping tool industry (Pebble Industry). Wood -bone -stone tools. Homo Erectus. Hand-Axe (700kya): Abbevillian Industry (France) and later - Acheulian Industry (Eur/Af/As). Flake Stone Tools (flint): Clactonian Industry






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






38. 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.






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






40. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






41. Describe behavior in terms familiar to the observer (enables comparative research - and making universal claims)






42. 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.






43. Buying/selling goods & Services with prices set by supply & demand. (usually involves money). Haviland: Informal v. Formal (govt controlled)






44. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






45. Melanesia (SW Pacific WWII+). Western goods created by ancestral spirits (intended for them - but controlled by whites).






46. Hispanic ritual - 15 yr girl - sneakers to high heel






47. 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.






48. 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






49. Holistic study of humanity.






50. 'Upright Man' - An extinct species of the genus Homo - Africa/Europe/Asia. fire and tools. hand ax. early speech.







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