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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Global distribution of people associated with each other by history - kinship - friendship - and webs of mutual understanding






2. The sound system of a language






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. The analysis and study of touch






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






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






16. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






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






19. A system of creating words from sounds






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






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






22. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






23. 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






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






25. 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






26. 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






27. 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






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






29. Yield per person per unit of land






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






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






32. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






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






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 the relationship between the mind and society






37. 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






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






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






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






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






42. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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