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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Giving or receiving goods with no immediate specific return expected






9. 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






10. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






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






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






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






15. The process of the mechanization of production






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






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






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






19. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. A system of creating words from sounds






36. Giving or receiving goods with no immediate specific return expected






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






38. The analysis and study of touch






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






40. A system of creating words from sounds






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






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






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






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






45. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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. 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






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






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






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