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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Shared ideas about the way things ought to be done; rules that reflect and enforce culture






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






3. Productive resources that are used with the primary goal of increasing their owners financial wealth






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






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






6. 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






7. Productive resources that are used with the primary goal of increasing their owners financial wealth






8. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. The process of the mechanization of production






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. The process of learning to be a member of a particular cultural group






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






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






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






32. 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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






39. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






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






41. Yield per person per unit of land






42. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






43. A system of creating words from sounds






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






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






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






47. The process of learning to be a member of a particular cultural group






48. 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






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






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