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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. A practice value - or form of social organization that evens out wealth within a society






2. Communication by clothing - jewelry - tattoos - piercing - and other visible body modifications






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






4. The total stock of words in a language






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. A system of creating words from sounds






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






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






15. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






16. 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






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






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






19. 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






20. 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






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






22. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






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






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






25. The sound system of a language






26. 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






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






28. Social honor or respect






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






30. 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






31. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






32. The comparison of societies to living organisms






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. The analysis and study of touch






39. A system of creating words from sounds






40. Social honor or respect






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






42. 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






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






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






45. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






47. Focuses on issues of power and voice; suggests that anthropological accounts are partial truths reflecting the backgrounds - training - and social positions of their authors






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






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






50. The pattern of apportioning different tasks to different members of society