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Cultural Anthropology

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






8. The analysis and study of touch






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 identifying general laws that identify different elements of society - show how they relate to each other - and demonstrate their role in maintaining social order






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






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






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






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






15. The process of learning to be a member of a particular cultural group






16. Yield per person per unit of land






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






28. A system of creating words from sounds






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






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






31. The sound system of a language






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






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






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






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






36. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






44. Fishing - hunting - and collecting vegetable food (hunting and gathering)






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






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






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






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






49. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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







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