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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. An entire social group and their animals move in search of pasture






2. Giving or receiving goods with no immediate specific return expected






3. A theoretical position in anthropology that held that cultures could best be understood by examining the patterns of child rearing and considering their effect on adult lives and social institutions






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






5. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






7. 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






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






9. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






10. 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






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






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






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






14. A group within a society that shares norms and values significantly different from those of the dominant culture






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






16. A theoretical position in anthropology that held that cultures could best be understood by examining the patterns of child rearing and considering their effect on adult lives and social institutions






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






18. Yield per person per unit of land






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






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






21. The sound system of a language






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






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






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






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






26. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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






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






29. The total stock of words in a language






30. The analysis and study of touch






31. Communication by clothing - jewelry - tattoos - piercing - and other visible body modifications






32. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






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






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






36. A food getting strategy that depends on the care of domesticated herd animals






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






38. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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






40. The science of documenting the relationships between languages and grouping them into language families






41. Studies people from a biological perspective; focuses primarily on aspects of humankind that are genetically inherited






42. A system of creating words from sounds






43. A basic set of principles - conditions - and rules that form the foundation of all languages






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






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






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






47. The belief that some human populations are superior to others because of inherited - genetically transmitted characteristics






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






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






50. Communication by clothing - jewelry - tattoos - piercing - and other visible body modifications






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