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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






2. Examining societies using concepts derived from science; an outsiders perspective






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






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






6. 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






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






8. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






10. A language with relatively few morphemes per word and fairly simple rules for combining them






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






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






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






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






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






16. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Examining societies using concepts derived from science; an outsiders perspective






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






33. Herd animals are moved regularly throughout the year to different areas as pasture becomes available






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






35. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






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






38. The process of the mechanization of production






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






40. The sound system of a language






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






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






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






44. 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






45. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






47. 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






48. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






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