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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. 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






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






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






5. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






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






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






8. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






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






11. The process of the mechanization of production






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






23. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






32. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. An entire social group and their animals move in search of pasture






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. A system of creating words from sounds






49. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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