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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Shared ideas about what is true - right - and beautiful






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






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






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






5. Yield per person per unit of land






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






7. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






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






10. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






11. The total stock of words in a language






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. The focus between biological anthropology that is concerned with the biology and behavior of nonhuman primates






20. Examining societies using concepts that are meaningful to the culture






21. A group of people that depend on one another for survival or well-being as well as the relationships among such people - including their status and roles






22. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. A group of people that depend on one another for survival or well-being as well as the relationships among such people - including their status and roles






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






35. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. A system of creating words from sounds






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






48. The process of the mechanization of production






49. The analysis and study of touch






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







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