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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. A food getting strategy that depends on the care of domesticated herd animals






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






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






4. The process of the mechanization of production






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






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






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






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






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






10. Social honor or respect






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






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






13. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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






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






16. 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






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






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






19. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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






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






22. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






23. The ability of human individuals or cultural groups to change their behavior with relative ease






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. The study of language and its relation to culture






31. 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






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






33. 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






34. 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






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






36. The ability of human individuals or cultural groups to change their behavior with relative ease






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






38. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






40. The sound system of a language






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






42. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






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






44. An object or a way of thinking or behaving that is new because it is qualitatively different from existing forms






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






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






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






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






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







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