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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Smallest identifiable unit of sound made by humans and used in any language






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






9. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






10. 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






11. The total stock of words in a language






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






13. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






14. Focuses on issues of power and voice; suggests that anthropological accounts are partial truths reflecting the backgrounds - training - and social positions of their authors






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






16. 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






17. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






18. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






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






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






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






23. A theoretical position in anthropology that held that cultures could best be understood by examining the patterns of child rearing and considering their effect on adult lives and social institutions






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






33. Social honor or respect






34. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






41. The analysis and study of touch






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






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






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






45. Yield per person per unit of land






46. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






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






49. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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