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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Rural cultivations who produce for the subsistence of their households but are also integrated into larger - complex state societies






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






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






4. 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






5. 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






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






7. 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






8. Social honor or respect






9. The study of language and its relation to culture






10. Studies people from a biological perspective; focuses primarily on aspects of humankind that are genetically inherited






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






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






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






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






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






16. Yield per person per unit of land






17. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






18. 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






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






20. A focus that examines the relationship between humans and plants in different cultures






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






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






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






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






25. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






27. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






29. Studies people from a biological perspective; focuses primarily on aspects of humankind that are genetically inherited






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






43. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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