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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. A focus that examines the relationship between humans and plants in different cultures






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. Two or more different phones that can be used to make the same phoneme in a specific language






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






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






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






27. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






28. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






40. The study of language and its relation to culture






41. Yield per person per unit of land






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






43. The fieldwork technique that involves gathering cultural data by observing peoples behavior and participating in their lives






44. 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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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