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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. The process of the mechanization of production






2. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






5. A system of creating words from sounds






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






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






8. A system of creating words from sounds






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






18. The attempt to find general principles and laws that govern cultural phenomena






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






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






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






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






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






24. A system of rules for combining words into meaningful sentences






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






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






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






28. Fishing - hunting - and collecting vegetable food (hunting and gathering)






29. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. The idea that humans can combine words and sounds into new - meaningful utterances they have never befoe heard






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






39. 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






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






41. Yield per person per unit of land






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






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






44. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






46. 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






47. The sound system of a language






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






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






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







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