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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Yield per person per unit of land






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






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






4. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






6. 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






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






8. A focus that examines the relationship between humans and plants in different cultures






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






10. The process of the mechanization of production






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






12. Feelings of alienation and helplessness the result from rapid immersion in a new and different culture






13. Focuses on recording and examining ways in which members of a culture use language to classify and organize their cognitive world






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Social honor or respect






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






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






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






24. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






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






27. Yield per person per unit of land






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






29. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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






31. 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






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






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






34. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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






36. Examining societies using concepts that are meaningful to the culture






37. 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






38. 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






39. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






41. 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






42. 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






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






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






45. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






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






47. Examining societies using concepts that are meaningful to the culture






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






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






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






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