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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. A language with relatively few morphemes per word and fairly simple rules for combining them






2. The norms governing production - distribution - and consumption of goods and services within a society






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






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






11. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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






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






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






15. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






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






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






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






19. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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






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






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






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






24. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






25. 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






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






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






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






29. Social honor or respect






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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