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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Material goods - natural resources - or information used to create other goods or information






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






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






4. 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






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






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






7. The sound system of a language






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






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






10. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






11. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






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






14. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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. 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






38. The study of human thought - behavior - and lifeways that are learned rather than transmitted and that are typical of groups of people






39. 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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Focuses on providing objective descriptions of cultures within their historical and environmental context






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






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






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






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