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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Focuses on understanding cultures by discovering and analyzing the symbols that are most important to their members






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






3. The pattern of apportioning different tasks to different members of society






4. Feelings of alienation and helplessness the result from rapid immersion in a new and different culture






5. The system of language that relates words to meanings






6. A person from who anthropologists gather data; also known as consultant or interlocutor or respondent






7. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






8. The comparison of societies to living organisms






9. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






10. The giving and receiving of goods of nearly equal value with a clear obligation of a return gift within a specified time limit






11. A practice value - or form of social organization that evens out wealth within a society






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






13. A form of food production in which fields are in permanent cultivation using plows - animals - and techniques of soil and water control






14. Examining societies using concepts derived from science; an outsiders perspective






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






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






17. The capacity of all human languages to describe things not happening in the present






18. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






19. The learned behaviors and symbols that allow people to live in groups; the primary means by which humans adapt to their environment; the ways of life characteristic of a particular human society






20. The giving and receiving of goods of nearly equal value with a clear obligation of a return gift within a specified time limit






21. 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






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






23. The process of the mechanization of production






24. An object or a way of thinking or behaving that is new because it is qualitatively different from existing forms






25. Global distribution of people associated with each other by history - kinship - friendship - and webs of mutual understanding






26. Two or more different phones that can be used to make the same phoneme in a specific language






27. Shared ideas about the way things ought to be done; rules that reflect and enforce culture






28. A ritual system common in Central and South America in which wealthy people are required to hold a series of costly ceremonial offices






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






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






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






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






33. The fieldwork technique that involves gathering cultural data by observing peoples behavior and participating in their lives






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






35. A form of food production in which fields are in permanent cultivation using plows - animals - and techniques of soil and water control






36. A focus that examines the ways in which people in different cultures understand health and sicknesses as well as the ways they attempt to cure disease






37. An ethnographic database that includes cultural descriptions of more than 300 cultures






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






39. The learned behaviors and symbols that allow people to live in groups; the primary means by which humans adapt to their environment; the ways of life characteristic of a particular human society






40. Focuses on understanding cultures by discovering and analyzing the symbols that are most important to their members






41. Production of plants using a simple - nonmechanized technology and where the fertility of gardens and fields is maintained for long periods






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






43. Focuses on recording and examining ways in which members of a culture use language to classify and organize their cognitive world






44. An entire social group and their animals move in search of pasture






45. 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






46. The study of language and its relation to culture






47. Focuses on using humanistic methods to analyze culture and discover the meaning of culture to its participants






48. The study of the relationship between language and culture and the ways language is used in varying social contexts






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






50. The fieldwork technique that involves gathering cultural data by observing peoples behavior and participating in their lives