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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A set of propositions about which aspects of culture are critical - how they should be studied - and what the goal of studying them should be






2. A system of rules for combining words into meaningful sentences






3. The process of learning to be a member of a particular cultural group






4. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






5. Fishing - hunting - and collecting vegetable food (hunting and gathering)






6. Focuses on reconstruction of past cultures based on their material remains






7. A focus that examines the relationship between humans and plants in different cultures






8. Smallest identifiable unit of sound made by humans and used in any language






9. A form of redistribution involving competitive feasting practice among Northwest Coast Native Americans






10. The process of the mechanization of production






11. The focus between biological anthropology that is concerned with the biology and behavior of nonhuman primates






12. The ability of human individuals or cultural groups to change their behavior with relative ease






13. Something that stands for something else. central to language and culture






14. A form of animal communication composed of a limited number of sounds that are tied to specific stimuli in the environment






15. The major research tool of cultural anthropology; includes both fieldwork among people in a society and the written results of such fieldwork






16. Material goods - natural resources - or information used to create other goods or information






17. Judging other cultures from the perspective of ones own culture; the notion that ones own culture is more beautiful - rational - and nearer to perfection than any other






18. Words that differ in only one sound but have different meanings






19. The attempt to find general principles and laws that govern cultural phenomena






20. Herd animals are moved regularly throughout the year to different areas as pasture becomes available






21. A list of 100 or 200 terms that designated things - actions - and activities likely to be named in all the worlds languages






22. The application of anthropology to the solution of human problems






23. The pattern of behavior used by a society to obtain food in a particular environment






24. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






25. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






26. The pattern of behavior used by a society to obtain food in a particular environment






27. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






28. Something that stands for something else. central to language and culture






29. Exchange in which goods are collected from or contributed by members of a group and then given out to the group in a new pattern






30. An institution composed of kin and/or nonkin that is organized primarily for financial gain






31. Focuses on identifying general laws that identify different elements of society - show how they relate to each other - and demonstrate their role in maintaining social order






32. Fishing - hunting - and collecting vegetable food (hunting and gathering)






33. The focus between biological anthropology that traces human evolutionary history






34. The hypothesis that perceptions and understandings of time - space - and matter and conditioned by the structure of a language






35. A form of redistribution involving competitive feasting practice among Northwest Coast Native Americans






36. A group of people that depend on one another for survival or well-being as well as the relationships among such people - including their status and roles






37. The comparison of societies to living organisms






38. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






39. Productive resources that are used with the primary goal of increasing their owners financial wealth






40. An institution composed of kin and/or nonkin that is organized primarily for financial gain






41. A group of people united by kinship or other links who share a residence and organize production - consumption - and distribution among themselves






42. The process of the mechanization of production






43. The major research tool of cultural anthropology; includes both fieldwork among people in a society and the written results of such fieldwork






44. Productive resources that are used with the primary goal of increasing their owners financial wealth






45. Examining societies using concepts that are meaningful to the culture






46. Social honor or respect






47. The study of the different ways that cultures understand time and use it to communicate






48. The notion that words are only arbitrarily or conventionally connected to the things for which they stand






49. The smallest unit of sound that serves to distinguish between meanings of words within a language






50. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space