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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. 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






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






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






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






5. The study of body position - movement - facial expression - and gaze






6. 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






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






8. The sound system of a language






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






10. A system of creating words from sounds






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






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






13. 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






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






15. Focuses on identifying general laws that identify different elements of society - show how they relate to each other - and demonstrate their role in maintaining social order






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






35. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






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






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






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






50. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages