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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. A person from who anthropologists gather data; also known as consultant or interlocutor or respondent






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






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






4. The culture with the greatest wealth and power in a society that consists of many subcultures






5. 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






6. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






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






9. Communication by clothing - jewelry - tattoos - piercing - and other visible body modifications






10. A language with relatively few morphemes per word and fairly simple rules for combining them






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






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






13. The process of the mechanization of production






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






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






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






17. Words that differ in only one sound but have different meanings






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. 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






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






29. The process of the mechanization of production






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






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






32. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Communication by clothing - jewelry - tattoos - piercing - and other visible body modifications






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






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






48. The total stock of words in a language






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






50. 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