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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Social honor or respect






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






3. The giving and receiving of goods of nearly equal value with a clear obligation of a return gift within a specified time limit






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






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






6. The process of the mechanization of production






7. The analysis and study of touch






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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






14. The spread of cultural elements from one culture to another






15. A change in the pronunciation of English language that took place between 1400 and 1600






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






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






18. 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






19. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






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






22. An approach that considers culture - history - language and biology essential to a complete understanding to human society






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






24. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






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






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






28. Fishing - hunting - and collecting vegetable food (hunting and gathering)






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. The capacity of all human languages to describe things not happening in the present






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






43. The sound system of a language






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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