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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Words that differ in only one sound but have different meanings






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. The application of anthropology to the solution of human problems






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






11. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






12. The system of language that relates words to meanings






13. Smallest identifiable unit of sound made by humans and used in any language






14. 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






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






16. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






17. Yield per person per unit of land






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






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






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






21. The hypothesis that perceptions and understandings of time - space - and matter and conditioned by the structure of a language






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






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






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






25. A form of animal communication composed of a limited number of sounds that are tied to specific stimuli in the environment






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






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






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






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






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






31. The process of the mechanization of production






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






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






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






35. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. The sound system of a language






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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