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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. A group within a society that shares norms and values significantly different from those of the dominant culture






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






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






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






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






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






7. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






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






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. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






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






14. The process of the mechanization of production






15. 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






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






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






18. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






21. A system of rules for combining words into meaningful sentences






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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. Social honor or respect






31. The analysis and study of touch






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






43. Yield per person per unit of land






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






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






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






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






48. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






49. The study of body position - movement - facial expression - and gaze






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