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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. The attempt to find general principles and laws that govern cultural phenomena






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






3. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. The analysis and study of touch






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






15. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






16. The spread of cultural elements from one culture to another






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






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






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






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






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






29. Yield per person per unit of land






30. The giving and receiving of goods of nearly equal value with a clear obligation of a return gift within a specified time limit






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






32. 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






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






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






35. A system of creating words from sounds






36. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






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






39. 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






40. A basic set of principles - conditions - and rules that form the foundation of all languages






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






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






43. The process of the mechanization of production






44. 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






45. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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






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






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






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






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