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Cultural Anthropology

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






21. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






22. The study of language and its relation to culture






23. 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






24. A system of creating words from sounds






25. The total stock of words in a language






26. A basic set of principles - conditions - and rules that form the foundation of all languages






27. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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






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






30. 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






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






32. Social honor or respect






33. Social honor or respect






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






35. Focuses on reconstruction of past cultures based on their material remains






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






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






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






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






40. The culture with the greatest wealth and power in a society that consists of many subcultures






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






42. 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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






49. 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






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