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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. 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






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






3. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






11. A system of creating words from sounds






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. The study of language and its relation to culture






36. Yield per person per unit of land






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






38. A system of rules for combining words into meaningful sentences






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. The total stock of words in a language






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