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






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






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






5. The sound system of a language






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






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






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






9. The application of biological anthropology to the identification of skeletalized or badly decomposed human remains






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






11. Social honor or respect






12. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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






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






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






16. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






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






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






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. A theoretical position in anthropology that held that cultures could best be understood by examining the patterns of child rearing and considering their effect on adult lives and social institutions






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






23. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






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






26. 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






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






28. 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






29. The application of biological anthropology to the identification of skeletalized or badly decomposed human remains






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






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






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






42. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






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






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






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






46. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






48. 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






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






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