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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. A system of rules for combining words into meaningful sentences






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






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






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






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






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






7. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






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






10. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






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






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






14. An economic system in which people work for wages - land and capital goods are privately owned - and capital is invested for profit






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






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






17. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






18. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






19. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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






21. A mutual give and take among people of equal status






22. 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






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






24. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






25. The analysis and study of touch






26. The process of the mechanization of production






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






35. 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






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






37. Two or more different phones that can be used to make the same phoneme in a specific language






38. A mutual give and take among people of equal status






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. The study of the different ways that cultures understand time and use it to communicate






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






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






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






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






50. A food getting strategy that depends on the care of domesticated herd animals