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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Focuses on providing objective descriptions of cultures within their historical and environmental context






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






3. The pattern of behavior used by a society to obtain food in a particular environment






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






5. The total stock of words in a language






6. Yield per person per unit of land






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






8. The analysis and study of touch






9. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






10. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






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






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






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






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






15. The comparison of societies to living organisms






16. The process of the mechanization of production






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. The study of language and its relation to culture






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






37. An approach that considers culture - history - language and biology essential to a complete understanding to human society






38. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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






40. 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






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






42. The comparison of societies to living organisms






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






49. The pattern of behavior used by a society to obtain food in a particular environment






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







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