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Cultural Anthropology

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






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






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






4. Yield per person per unit of land






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






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






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






8. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






10. The comparison of societies to living organisms






11. 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






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






13. 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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Social honor or respect






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






22. Focuses on understanding cultures by discovering and analyzing the symbols that are most important to their members






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. The study of language and its relation to culture






32. 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






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






34. 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






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






36. The total stock of words in a language






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






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






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






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






41. Social honor or respect






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






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






44. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






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






47. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






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






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