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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Focuses on reconstruction of past cultures based on their material remains






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






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






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






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






6. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






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






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






9. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






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






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






12. 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






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






14. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






15. 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






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






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






18. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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






20. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






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






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






23. Yield per person per unit of land






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. The analysis and study of touch






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






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






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






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






40. The total stock of words in a language






41. 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






42. The study of human thought - behavior - and lifeways that are learned rather than transmitted and that are typical of groups of people






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






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






45. 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






46. A system of creating words from sounds






47. The application of biological anthropology to the identification of skeletalized or badly decomposed human remains






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






49. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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