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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. An institution composed of kin and/or nonkin that is organized primarily for financial gain






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. The study of the ways in which the choices people make combine to determine how their society uses its resources to produce and distribute goods and resources






9. The process of the mechanization of production






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






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






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






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






14. Yield per person per unit of land






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






25. Focuses on issues of power and voice; suggests that anthropological accounts are partial truths reflecting the backgrounds - training - and social positions of their authors






26. The study of human thought - behavior - and lifeways that are learned rather than transmitted and that are typical of groups of people






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






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






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






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






31. A ritual system common in Central and South America in which wealthy people are required to hold a series of costly ceremonial offices






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






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






34. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






35. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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