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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. 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






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






3. 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






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






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






6. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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






8. The sound system of a language






9. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






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






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






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






14. The analysis and study of touch






15. The study of the ways in which the choices people make combine to determine how their society uses its resources to produce and distribute goods and resources






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






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






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






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






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






21. The total stock of words in a language






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. A person from who anthropologists gather data; also known as consultant or interlocutor or respondent






37. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






39. A list of 100 or 200 terms that designated things - actions - and activities likely to be named in all the worlds languages






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






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






42. A system of creating words from sounds






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






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






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






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






47. An approach that considers culture - history - language and biology essential to a complete understanding to human society






48. 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






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






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