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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 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






3. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






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






5. The study of the ways in which the choices people make combine to determine how their society uses its resources to produce and distribute goods and resources






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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






24. A ritual system common in Central and South America in which wealthy people are required to hold a series of costly ceremonial offices






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






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






27. A system of creating words from sounds






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






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






30. A system of creating words from sounds






31. 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






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






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






34. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






35. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






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






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






39. The process of the mechanization of production






40. A language that allows a great number of morphemes per word and has highly regular rules for combining them






41. The study of the ways in which the choices people make combine to determine how their society uses its resources to produce and distribute goods and resources






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Social honor or respect






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






50. A group within a society that shares norms and values significantly different from those of the dominant culture