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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






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






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






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






19. A system of creating words from sounds






20. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






21. 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






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






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






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






25. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






27. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






28. An institution composed of kin and/or nonkin that is organized primarily for financial gain






29. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






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






32. The total stock of words in a language






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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