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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. 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






2. The culture with the greatest wealth and power in a society that consists of many subcultures






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






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






5. A ritual system common in Central and South America in which wealthy people are required to hold a series of costly ceremonial offices






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. The comparison of societies to living organisms






16. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






31. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






33. A list of 100 or 200 terms that designated things - actions - and activities likely to be named in all the worlds languages






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






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






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






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






38. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






46. The total stock of words in a language






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






48. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






49. Smallest identifiable unit of sound made by humans and used in any language






50. A ritual system common in Central and South America in which wealthy people are required to hold a series of costly ceremonial offices