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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Fishing - hunting - and collecting vegetable food (hunting and gathering)






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Social honor or respect






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






16. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






30. The process of the mechanization of production






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






32. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






34. The focus between biological anthropology that traces human evolutionary history






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Social honor or respect






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






48. The total stock of words in a language






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






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