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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. 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






2. Focuses on providing objective descriptions of cultures within their historical and environmental context






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






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






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






6. The analysis and study of touch






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






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






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






10. The total stock of words in a language






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






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






13. 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






14. Social honor or respect






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






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






17. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






19. 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






20. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






21. Examining societies using concepts derived from science; an outsiders perspective






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






29. 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






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






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






32. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. The total stock of words in a language






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






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






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






47. The process of the mechanization of production






48. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






49. The fieldwork technique that involves gathering cultural data by observing peoples behavior and participating in their lives






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