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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Two or more different phones that can be used to make the same phoneme in a specific language






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






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






4. The study of language and its relation to culture






5. Social honor or respect






6. 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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. The idea that humans can combine words and sounds into new - meaningful utterances they have never befoe heard






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






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






18. The sound system of a language






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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Focuses on using humanistic methods to analyze culture and discover the meaning of culture to its participants






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






31. A system of creating words from sounds






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






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






34. The total stock of words in a language






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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