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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. The ability of human individuals or cultural groups to change their behavior with relative ease






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






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






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






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






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






7. Shared ideas about what is true - right - and beautiful






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






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






10. The analysis and study of touch






11. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






12. 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






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






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






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






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






17. The process of the mechanization of production






18. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






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






21. The total stock of words in a language






22. 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






23. The analysis and study of touch






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






25. 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






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






27. The sound system of a language






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






29. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






30. 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






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






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






33. Yield per person per unit of land






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






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






36. 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






37. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






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






40. A system of creating words from sounds






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






42. 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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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