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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Herd animals are moved regularly throughout the year to different areas as pasture becomes available






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






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






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






5. The study of the relationship between language and culture and the ways language is used in varying social contexts






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






7. An ethnographic database that includes cultural descriptions of more than 300 cultures






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






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






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






11. The process of the mechanization of production






12. An entire social group and their animals move in search of pasture






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






22. An entire social group and their animals move in search of pasture






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






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






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






26. The study of body position - movement - facial expression - and gaze






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






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






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






30. The total stock of words in a language






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






32. An ethnographic database that includes cultural descriptions of more than 300 cultures






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






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






35. 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






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






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






38. 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






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






40. Yield per person per unit of land






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






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






43. Shared ideas about the way things ought to be done; rules that reflect and enforce culture






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






50. The sound system of a language