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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. The application of anthropology to the solution of human problems






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






20. 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






21. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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






23. 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






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






25. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






27. Social honor or respect






28. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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






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






31. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






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






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






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






35. A set of propositions about which aspects of culture are critical - how they should be studied - and what the goal of studying them should be






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






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






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






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






40. A system of creating words from sounds






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






49. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






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