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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Social Movements to build an ideology that is relevant to changing cultural needs (their understanding of world). Eg: Melanesian Cargo Cults - or Mormonism in the US (Joseph Smith)






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






4. Hypertrophic horticulture among large populations






5. All cultures accept. But only 20% of societies are considered strictly monogamous (one marriage per lifetime)






6. Set of rights and obligations inherent in a social position.






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. A subdivision within the primate order based on shared anatomical primitive traits: side eyes - wet nose - nocturnal - dental combs






14. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






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






16. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






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






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






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






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






21. Determining the success of a project






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






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






24. 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






25. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






26. The exchange of genetic material between maternal and paternal chromosomes - creating a new combination of genes on the chromosome.






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






28. Family that raised you






29. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom






30. Pueblco - Fremont - Missisippian






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






32. An impersonal supernatural force that flows in and out of people and objects






33. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






34. First used in admin of British Colonies by Northcote Thomas in Nigeria in 1908. 'Age of Enlightenment'/Natural Science






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






43. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






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






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






46. Personal quirks: Get up at certain time - order of getting dressed - etc






47. 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.






48. Authority is allocated. Use force to achieve peace & conformance with law & custom - maintain territory against ext threat.






49. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






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