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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. The hypothesis that perceptions and understandings of time - space - and matter and conditioned by the structure of a language






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






3. Smallest identifiable unit of sound made by humans and used in any language






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






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






6. Smallest identifiable unit of sound made by humans and used in any language






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






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






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






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






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






12. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






13. The sound system of a language






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






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






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






17. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






19. Social honor or respect






20. 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






21. 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






22. The total stock of words in a language






23. Rural cultivations who produce for the subsistence of their households but are also integrated into larger - complex state societies






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






36. The total stock of words in a language






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






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






39. 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






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






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






42. The notion that words are only arbitrarily or conventionally connected to the things for which they stand






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






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






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






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






47. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






49. The notion that words are only arbitrarily or conventionally connected to the things for which they stand






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