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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






2. The sound system of a language






3. 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






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






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






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






7. 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






8. The process of the mechanization of production






9. The total stock of words in a language






10. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






11. An ethnographic database that includes cultural descriptions of more than 300 cultures






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






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






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






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






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






17. The analysis and study of touch






18. 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






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






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






21. A system of creating words from sounds






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






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 process of the mechanization of production






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






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






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






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






29. Ethnography that gives priority to cultural consultants on the topic - methodology - and written results of fieldwork






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






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






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






33. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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






35. 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






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






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






38. Ethnography that gives priority to cultural consultants on the topic - methodology - and written results of fieldwork






39. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. A statistical technique that linguistics have developed to estimate the date of separation of related languages






48. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






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