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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. The spread of cultural elements from one culture to another






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






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






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






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






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






7. The analysis and study of touch






8. The sound system of a language






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






10. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






12. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






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






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






15. A system of creating words from sounds






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Herd animals are moved regularly throughout the year to different areas as pasture becomes available






25. Social honor or respect






26. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






28. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






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






30. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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






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






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






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






35. The spread of cultural elements from one culture to another






36. 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






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






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






39. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






40. 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






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






42. 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






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






44. 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






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






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






47. 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






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






49. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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