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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. A form of redistribution involving competitive feasting practice among Northwest Coast Native Americans






2. 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






3. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






4. A food getting strategy that depends on the care of domesticated herd animals






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






6. The idea that humans can combine words and sounds into new - meaningful utterances they have never befoe heard






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






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






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






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






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






12. The idea that humans can combine words and sounds into new - meaningful utterances they have never befoe heard






13. 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






14. 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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. 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






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






21. 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






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






23. The process of the mechanization of production






24. A form of redistribution involving competitive feasting practice among Northwest Coast Native Americans






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. An approach that considers culture - history - language and biology essential to a complete understanding to human society






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






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






35. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






37. A food getting strategy that depends on the care of domesticated herd animals






38. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






39. The process of the mechanization of production






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






41. A filed is cleared by felling the trees and burning the bush






42. 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






43. A language with relatively few morphemes per word and fairly simple rules for combining them






44. The total stock of words in a language






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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