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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. The process of the mechanization of production






2. 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






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






4. A group of people united by kinship or other links who share a residence and organize production - consumption - and distribution among themselves






5. The focus between biological anthropology that traces human evolutionary history






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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






16. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






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






19. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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






21. 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






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






23. Yield per person per unit of land






24. Shared ideas about what is true - right - and beautiful






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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 pattern of apportioning different tasks to different members of society






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






38. Yield per person per unit of land






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






40. A group of people united by kinship or other links who share a residence and organize production - consumption - and distribution among themselves






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






49. 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






50. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land