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DSST General Anthropology

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1. 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.






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






3. Common in non-intensive food production. Villages=Various descent groups (clans/bands) - no formal govt or social classes.






4. The non-living world. the area from the surface of earth down to its center.






5. (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






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






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






8. Invented smelting of iron






9. The actual time (usually measured in years) as determined by radioactive decay of elements






10. Difference in the genes between different species or members of the same species - caused by the varying number of structure of the chromosome. Not all may be observable as phenotypic variations






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






12. Civilization to invent 'zero'






13. Anthropologist: Indians (North - Central - South America). Recorded folktales of blacks in N. America and West Indies.






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






15. 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






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






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






18. 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)






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






20. The aspect of archaeology that deals with the past of man before he learned to write has - since the middle of the 19th century - aka prehistory.






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






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






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






24. Early humans and human like creature. Erect - large complex brain - tool-using - community organization.






25. Focusing efforts to implement positive change in a culture






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






32. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






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






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






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






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






37. Shift of population from food production to specialization. Strong sense of ownership of land.






38. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






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






40. The elementary structure. all cultural systems are built is a set of four types of organically linked relationships: brother/sister - husband/wife - father/son - and mother's brother/sister's son. (Levi-Strauss).






41. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






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






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






44. Chavin - Chibcham Chimor - Chachapoya - Huari - Inca - Moche - Nazca - Tairona - Tiwanaku






45. 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.






46. The study of the different sounds employed by language.






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






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






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






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






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