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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. A form of redistribution involving competitive feasting practice among Northwest Coast Native Americans






2. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






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






5. 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






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






7. The pattern of behavior used by a society to obtain food in a particular environment






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






9. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






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






11. The study of language and its relation to culture






12. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






14. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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






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






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






18. A system of creating words from sounds






19. Social honor or respect






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






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






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






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






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






25. Focuses on issues of power and voice; suggests that anthropological accounts are partial truths reflecting the backgrounds - training - and social positions of their authors






26. The notion that cultures should be analyzed with reference to their own histories and values rather than according to the values of another culture






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






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






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






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






31. The analysis and study of touch






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






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






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






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






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






37. The notion that cultures should be analyzed with reference to their own histories and values rather than according to the values of another culture






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






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






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






41. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






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






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






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






45. The norms governing production - distribution - and consumption of goods and services within a society






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






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






48. 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






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






50. Focuses on issues of power and voice; suggests that anthropological accounts are partial truths reflecting the backgrounds - training - and social positions of their authors