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Cultural Anthropology

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. The study of the ways in which the choices people make combine to determine how their society uses its resources to produce and distribute goods and resources






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






15. A form of food production in which fields are in permanent cultivation using plows - animals - and techniques of soil and water control






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






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






18. 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






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






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






21. The study of the ways in which the choices people make combine to determine how their society uses its resources to produce and distribute goods and resources






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Judging other cultures from the perspective of ones own culture; the notion that ones own culture is more beautiful - rational - and nearer to perfection than any other






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






31. A form of food production in which fields are in permanent cultivation using plows - animals - and techniques of soil and water control






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






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






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






35. 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






36. An object or a way of thinking or behaving that is new because it is qualitatively different from existing forms






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






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






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






40. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






42. 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






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






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






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






46. The notion that cultures should be analyzed with reference to their own histories and values rather than according to the values of another culture






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






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






49. 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






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