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Cultural Anthropology

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






2. A system of creating words from sounds






3. 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






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






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






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






7. Feelings of alienation and helplessness the result from rapid immersion in a new and different culture






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






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






10. A basic set of principles - conditions - and rules that form the foundation of all languages






11. 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






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






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






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






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






16. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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 comparison of societies to living organisms






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






20. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






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






23. 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






24. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






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






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






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






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






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






30. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






32. Social honor or respect






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






34. The sound system of a language






35. Yield per person per unit of land






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. The process of the mechanization of production






43. 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






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






45. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






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






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






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






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