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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. Ethnographic fieldwork - reciprocity - Pacific Islands. After Rivers (more rigor) 'Participant Observation'. WWI spent 2 years in Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)






3. First farming. 9-7k BC. Middle East (Iraq - Iran - Israel etc.) Barley - wheat - sheep - goats. (cows/pigs later). Spread from Middle East north to Europe - Neolithic






4. The process through which genes pass from the gene pool of one population through mating and reproduction to that of another.






5. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






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






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






8. Ritual in Japan/Samurai - boys 12-16 - temple - adult clothes/hair






9. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






10. 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).






11. The school of thought developed by the French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss - in which cultures - viewed as systems - are analyzed in terms of the structural relations among their elements. Referring to mental structure.






12. (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






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






14. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






15. Position from which members engage in social practices. (Sociology focuses on interrelationship/effect of status






16. (3k BC) Spread copper tools to Sudan - but rest of Africa passed directly from Mesolithic to Iron Age. Theocracy government. (Bronze age)






17. 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






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






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






20. The science dealing with the measurement of the human body to determine differences in individuals or groups






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






22. Using a radioactive process to determine the age of an item. millions of years.






23. Determining the success of a project






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






25. 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]






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






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






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






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






30. (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






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






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






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






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






35. Anthropologist: After armchair anthro...embarked on early anthro expeditions (not scientifically rigorous).






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






37. Cholula - Huastec - Mixtec - Olmec - Pipil - Totonac - Toltec - Zapote






38. 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






39. 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






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






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






42. The skeletal remains of Homo erectus - found at Zhoukoudian - near Peking - China - in the late 1930s and early 1940s and subsequently lost during World War II






43. Indians: Tribal villages (farmer class) - religious urban centers (priest class) - TIME/Astronomy/math - pyramids - reptilian gods.






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






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






46. Family who excavate Olduvai Gorge






47. Any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation






48. 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






49. Marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law






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