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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. The analysis and study of touch






2. A system of creating words from sounds






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






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






5. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






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






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






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






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






10. Yield per person per unit of land






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






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






13. Judging other cultures from the perspective of ones own culture; the notion that ones own culture is more beautiful - rational - and nearer to perfection than any other






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






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






16. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






26. A statistical technique that linguistics have developed to estimate the date of separation of related languages






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






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






29. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. The integration of resources - labor - and capital into a global network






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






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






40. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






42. Judging other cultures from the perspective of ones own culture; the notion that ones own culture is more beautiful - rational - and nearer to perfection than any other






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






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






45. 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






46. Shared ideas about what is true - right - and beautiful






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






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






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






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







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