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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. The notion that words are only arbitrarily or conventionally connected to the things for which they stand






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






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






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






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






14. Yield per person per unit of land






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






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






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






18. The sound system of a language






19. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






20. 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






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






22. The analysis and study of touch






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. The comparison of societies to living organisms






30. 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






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






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






33. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






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






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






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






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






39. The study of language and its relation to culture






40. 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






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






42. 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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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