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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. An object or a way of thinking or behaving that is new because it is qualitatively different from existing forms






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






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






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






5. Yield per person per unit of land






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






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






8. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






9. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






10. 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






11. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






12. The process of the mechanization of production






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






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






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






16. 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






17. Social honor or respect






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






25. The system of language that relates words to meanings






26. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Social honor or respect






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






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






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






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






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






43. The application of anthropology to the solution of human problems






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






45. Shared ideas about the way things ought to be done; rules that reflect and enforce culture






46. Giving or receiving goods with no immediate specific return expected






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






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






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






50. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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