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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Evaluating other groups according to THEIR standards (not judging)






2. Belief of early anthropologist that cultures evolve through various stages from a simpler and more primitive state to a complex and more culturally advanced state.






3. Milan (1957) probe penetrates burial chambers and photographs walls and contents.






4. Technology that Spread east to Indus River Valley (India) by 5k BC






5. The study of how people use language in context - how utterances are used - either figuratively or literally - in communicative acts.






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






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






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






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






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






11. The application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and 'survival of the fittest' to human societies - particularly as justification for United States expansion. (white man's burden)






12. Said anthropology is a 'Policy Science'. Urged for its use in improving the human condition. What is Culture - cross-cultural.






13. 20 century anthropologist.structural-functionalism. primitive societies - Durkhiem






14. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






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






16. Either of 2 sibs - clans - kinship groups - of unilateral descent - that together make up a tribe or society






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






18. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






19. Religion. Most important intellectual development. Flourished b/c of weakening Egypt & annihilation of Hittites (1200BC)






20. Random change in allele frequencies that occurs in small populations. Sewall-Wright effect






21. The children of a parent's siblings of the opposite sex (mother's brothers - father's sisters).






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






23. Penalty for violating moral principle or law. Larger society=more formal sanction






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






25. 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






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






27. Plants and animals all evolved over a long period of time from simple into more complex life forms. (Darwin)






28. Gene flow usually occuring in humans as a result of actual migration of populations (either forced or voluntary).






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






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






31. 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)






32. Things all people do the same way (language)






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






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






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






36. Skipped Bronze Age. Intermediate Neolithic tools were used instead (Zaire - Ghana). But not in Kenya (no celts - axes etc)






37. Logic/Observation (not gods). Thales - Xenophanes - Pyhtagorus - Hippocrates. Differed from Near Eastern thought.






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






39. Viewpoint of Anthropologists. Economy that is embedded within other social structures and institutions. Interaction of humans with their environment - methods of 'want' satisfaction. Holistic. Opponents argue that Formalist approach only applies to m






40. 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)






41. Spread of something from one group to another






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






43. (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest






44. Runway/airstrip/radios (coconuts and straw to attract aircraft with cargo). Ritual marches (twigs/guns - insignia 'USA' to look like soldiers)






45. Invented smelting of iron






46. Anthropologist: 12-volume comparative study of Religion (using ethnographic details) - evolution of religion from magic.






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






48. The 1st in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (hunter-gatherer - hordes - no class - no ownership).






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






50. Began 5k ya in Mesopotamia - Egypt - possible to create flood control plans. Later in India - China - then Europe.