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Anthropology, Second Edition - Exam Three
Barbara Miller, Chapters 9, 10, 11 & 12
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 2
04/18/2011

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Sex Role Theories:

1.) Strength Theory

2.) Expendability Theory
3.) Caregiver-Infant Compatability

Definition

1.) Men tend to be stronger, so hunters.

 

2.) A civilization needs women more than men, so they go to war, etc.

 

3.) Women are able to breastfeed, etc.

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Intensive Strategy
Definition
Form of production that involves continuous use of the same land & resources.
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Extensive Strategy
Definition
For of production that involves the temporary usage of a wide area of land with mobility.
Term
Aka People
Definition
Nomadic African pygmy people who have the BEST FATHERS EVER!
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Ndbele People
Definition
These people live in South Africa and display examples of acclimatization.
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Horticulture
Definition
Main mode of production = PLANTS
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Trobriander People
Definition
From the Trobriand islands where the Kula exchange exists & and yams are used as a currency.
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Kula Exchange
Definition
Among the Trobriander people, this is an important tradition by which the male members trade necklaces between islands.
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Kathoey
Definition
Male -> Feminine

- Thailand & Asia supports them
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Hijra
Definition
Male -> Feminine

- Stigmatized
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Xanith
Definition
Male -> Feminine, but only temporarily.
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Berdache
Definition
Male -> Feminine

- Pride of the family & society.
- Native Americans
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Potlatch
Definition
Associated with the Kwakiuti people and consists of a feast in exchange for popularity.
Term
Depersonalized v Personalized
Consumption
Definition
Depersonalized consumption means that the worker creating the goods and the consumer are distanced from one another.
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Direct Entitlement

Indirect Entitlement
Definition
Family grows shit & uses own goods.

Family uses income to purchase goods.
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Nuer People
Definition
* Africa

- Barren women may take on a male role.
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San People
Definition
South African foragers who have a nomadic and egalitarian society.
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Inuit
Definition
Tend to be stouter with shorter arms, more belly fat and paler skin - due to climate.
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Yanomamo People
Definition
South African horticultural society which was involved in a controversy by Chagnon over blood samples.
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Cahokia People
Definition
* 700 - 1400 AD @ Missouri, USA

- Woodhenge was located here, which was a series of poles arranged for astronomy-purposes.
Term
Sickle Cell Anemia

Black Death
Definition
1.) Anti-malaria; severe hemoglobin mutation.

2.) Killed about one half of Europe's population during its reign.
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Bergman's Rule
Definition
Relationship between size and climate.
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Allen's Rule
Definition
Relationship between limb proportion and climate.
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Gloger's Rule
Definition
Relationship between melanin and climate.
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Sumer
Definition
Located in what is now Iraq & under ONE government in 3000 BC - writing, urban centers, law, army and so on.
Term
Teotihuacan
Definition
* 100 AD - 500 Y.A.

- Grid system, Dead City, obsidian usage.
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Kwakiuti
Definition
African tribe involved in the potlatch.
Term
The State - Consequences
Definition
- Population burst
- Disease
- Hierarchy
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The State - Collapse
Definition
- Disease
- Warfare
- Overextension
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The State - Disease
Definition
* Closer to animals so:

- Spanish Influenza
- The Plague
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Tenochtitlan
Definition
* Mexico - Agricultural

- Invaded by Cortez & destroyed
- Possible Hotta virus, as well
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Earliest Evidence of Cranial Deformation
Definition
45,000 Y.A. by Shanidar
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Gullah People
Definition
* Sierra Leon, Africa

- Wet rice & taken to New World as slaves
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Market Exchange
Definition
Supply and Demand
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