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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. An ethnographic database that includes cultural descriptions of more than 300 cultures






2. A ritual system common in Central and South America in which wealthy people are required to hold a series of costly ceremonial offices






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






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






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






6. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






7. The process of the mechanization of production






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






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






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






11. A group within a society that shares norms and values significantly different from those of the dominant culture






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






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






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






15. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






16. An approach that considers culture - history - language and biology essential to a complete understanding to human society






17. A focus that examines the ways in which people in different cultures understand health and sicknesses as well as the ways they attempt to cure disease






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






25. Focuses on providing objective descriptions of cultures within their historical and environmental context






26. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






28. Yield per person per unit of land






29. Examining societies using concepts derived from science; an outsiders perspective






30. An approach that considers culture - history - language and biology essential to a complete understanding to human society






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






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






33. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






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






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






37. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






38. 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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






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






45. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






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






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






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






50. 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