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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. An approach that considers culture - history - language and biology essential to a complete understanding to human society






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






14. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






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






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






18. The analysis and study of touch






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






20. Social honor or respect






21. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






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






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






24. The sound system of a language






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






26. 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






27. The sound system of a language






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Exchange conducted for the purpose of material advantage and the desire to get something for nothing






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






37. The hypothesis that perceptions and understandings of time - space - and matter and conditioned by the structure of a language






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






39. An ethnographic database that includes cultural descriptions of more than 300 cultures






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






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






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