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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. The pattern of behavior used by a society to obtain food in a particular environment






2. The notion that cultures should be analyzed with reference to their own histories and values rather than according to the values of another culture






3. An economic system in which people work for wages - land and capital goods are privately owned - and capital is invested for profit






4. The analysis and study of touch






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






6. A change in the pronunciation of English language that took place between 1400 and 1600






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






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






9. 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






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






11. The process of the mechanization of production






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






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






14. A language that allows a great number of morphemes per word and has highly regular rules for combining them






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






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






17. The integration of resources - labor - and capital into a global network






18. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






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






21. A filed is cleared by felling the trees and burning the bush






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






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






24. A statistical technique that linguistics have developed to estimate the date of separation of related languages






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






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






27. Shared ideas about what is true - right - and beautiful






28. A language with relatively few morphemes per word and fairly simple rules for combining them






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






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






31. An economic system in which goods and services are bought and sold at a money price determined by the forces of supply and demand






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






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






34. The culture with the greatest wealth and power in a society that consists of many subcultures






35. Exchange conducted for the purpose of material advantage and the desire to get something for nothing






36. The spread of cultural elements from one culture to another






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






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






39. The study of human thought - behavior - and lifeways that are learned rather than transmitted and that are typical of groups of people






40. A filed is cleared by felling the trees and burning the bush






41. 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






42. Ethnography that gives priority to cultural consultants on the topic - methodology - and written results of fieldwork






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






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






45. An approach that considers culture - history - language and biology essential to a complete understanding to human society






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






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






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






49. Focuses on providing objective descriptions of cultures within their historical and environmental context






50. The comparison of societies to living organisms