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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Examining societies using concepts derived from science; an outsiders perspective






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






3. 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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. The analysis and study of touch






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






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






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






16. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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






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






28. 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






29. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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






43. The belief that some human populations are superior to others because of inherited - genetically transmitted characteristics






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






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






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






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






48. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






50. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages