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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Communication by clothing - jewelry - tattoos - piercing - and other visible body modifications






2. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






4. The analysis and study of touch






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






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






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






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






9. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






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






12. 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






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






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






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






16. 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






17. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






19. Social honor or respect






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






21. The total stock of words in a language






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






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






24. A form of animal communication composed of a limited number of sounds that are tied to specific stimuli in the environment






25. 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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






41. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






42. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






43. A form of animal communication composed of a limited number of sounds that are tied to specific stimuli in the environment






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






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






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






47. 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






48. The spread of cultural elements from one culture to another






49. The smallest unit of sound that serves to distinguish between meanings of words within a language






50. The analysis and study of touch







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