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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. The norms governing production - distribution - and consumption of goods and services within a society






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






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






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






5. The sound system of a language






6. Global distribution of people associated with each other by history - kinship - friendship - and webs of mutual understanding






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






16. Exchange conducted for the purpose of material advantage and the desire to get something for nothing






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






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






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






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






21. 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






22. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






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






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






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






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






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






28. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






30. Social honor or respect






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






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






33. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






34. Focuses on providing objective descriptions of cultures within their historical and environmental context






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






36. 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






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






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






39. The analysis and study of touch






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






49. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






50. The belief that some human populations are superior to others because of inherited - genetically transmitted characteristics







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