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Cultural Anthropology

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






2. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






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






5. The analysis and study of touch






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






7. The total stock of words in a language






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






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






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






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






12. A set of propositions about which aspects of culture are critical - how they should be studied - and what the goal of studying them should be






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






14. Social honor or respect






15. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






36. A system of rules for combining words into meaningful sentences






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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







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