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Cultural Anthropology

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






2. 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






3. 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






4. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






5. A mutual give and take among people of equal status






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






7. 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






8. The sound system of a language






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






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






11. The idea that humans can combine words and sounds into new - meaningful utterances they have never befoe heard






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






25. 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






26. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






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






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






30. A change in the biological structure of lifeways of an individual or population by which it becomes better fitted to survive and reproduce in its environment






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






32. The sound system of a language






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






34. The idea that humans can combine words and sounds into new - meaningful utterances they have never befoe heard






35. A system of creating words from sounds






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






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






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






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






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






41. The total stock of words in a language






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






43. 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






44. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






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






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






48. The application of biological anthropology to the identification of skeletalized or badly decomposed human remains






49. Yield per person per unit of land






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