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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Cluster of 3 or more sibs - clans - kinship groups considered a single unit (but retain sep IDs within) - Native Americans: Used animal sign to ID (Tlingit Tribe: Matri] - Intermarriage b/n phratries was mandated)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. <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






10. Vietnam War (Jesus=jeep/camo) - Native Americans (Dance of the Spirits) - Africa (Abacus/Menstrual Cycle)






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






12. Political order (polity) is not a distinct institution - it is embedded in the overall social order. No formal govt






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






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






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






16. Thinker: social stratification






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






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






19. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Food foragers (in-sync with env - see themselves as a harmonious part of natural world).






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






29. Anthropologist: Survival=Symbolic form of earlier custom (mock battle in nuptial rituals=vestige of actually 'capturing the bride'






30. Collecting community data for use by development planners






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






32. A theory stressing the importance of interdependence among all behavior patterns and institutions within a social system to its long-term survival. (Emile Durkheim)






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






35. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. After River (more rigor). Studied American Indians (1880s documented) Coined 'Cultural Relativism'. Sat with elders to hear their historic accounts of their culture. [Salvage ethnography]






36. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






37. Family that raised you






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






39. Found Australopathicus skull in 1959. Upright human footprints in 1978






40. Spread of an IDEA from one group to another.






41. Perform Rituals in belief that ancestors will recognize their own people and make very valuable cargo come (utopian/millenial). John Frum






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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. Father of Modern Anthropology - noted for applying the scientific method to the study of human cultures and societies. Opposed evolutionist.






48. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






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






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