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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. The spread of cultural elements from one culture to another






2. Social honor or respect






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






10. The total stock of words in a language






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






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






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






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






15. Fishing - hunting - and collecting vegetable food (hunting and gathering)






16. 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






17. The pattern of apportioning different tasks to different members of society






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






19. 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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






25. An object or a way of thinking or behaving that is new because it is qualitatively different from existing forms






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






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






34. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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






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






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






38. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






40. 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






41. The analysis and study of touch






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






43. The belief that some human populations are superior to others because of inherited - genetically transmitted characteristics






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






45. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






46. 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






47. A system of creating words from sounds






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






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






50. 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