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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. An economic system in which goods and services are bought and sold at a money price determined by the forces of supply and demand






2. 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






3. Shared ideas about the way things ought to be done; rules that reflect and enforce culture






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






5. The attempt to find general principles and laws that govern cultural phenomena






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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






13. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






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






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






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






17. Focuses on using humanistic methods to analyze culture and discover the meaning of culture to its participants






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






19. The sound system of a language






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






21. The attempt to find general principles and laws that govern cultural phenomena






22. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






29. 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






30. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






31. Rural cultivations who produce for the subsistence of their households but are also integrated into larger - complex state societies






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






33. The total stock of words in a language






34. The norms governing production - distribution - and consumption of goods and services within a society






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






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






45. An economic system in which goods and services are bought and sold at a money price determined by the forces of supply and demand






46. A system of creating words from sounds






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






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






49. Yield per person per unit of land






50. The smallest unit of language that has meanings







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