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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. The study of the different ways that cultures understand time and use it to communicate






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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






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






14. The process of the mechanization of production






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






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






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






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






19. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






21. 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






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






23. Social honor or respect






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






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






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






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






40. A change in the pronunciation of English language that took place between 1400 and 1600






41. The fieldwork technique that involves gathering cultural data by observing peoples behavior and participating in their lives






42. The fieldwork technique that involves gathering cultural data by observing peoples behavior and participating in their lives






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






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






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






46. A system of creating words from sounds






47. The sound system of a language






48. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






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