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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. A system of rules for combining words into meaningful sentences






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






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






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






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






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






7. Global distribution of people associated with each other by history - kinship - friendship - and webs of mutual understanding






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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. A mutual give and take among people of equal status






20. Social honor or respect






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






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






23. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






24. 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






25. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






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






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






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






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






30. The analysis and study of touch






31. 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






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






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






34. 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






35. 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






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






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






38. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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






40. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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






42. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






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






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






46. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






48. Words that differ in only one sound but have different meanings






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






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