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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Communication by clothing - jewelry - tattoos - piercing - and other visible body modifications






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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






8. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. The notion that words are only arbitrarily or conventionally connected to the things for which they stand






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






41. 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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






50. Social honor or respect