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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. A food getting strategy that depends on the care of domesticated herd animals






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






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






4. The study of human thought - behavior - and lifeways that are learned rather than transmitted and that are typical of groups of people






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






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






7. 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






8. 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






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






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






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






12. The process of the mechanization of production






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






14. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






16. Social honor or respect






17. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






19. Social honor or respect






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






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






22. The giving and receiving of goods of nearly equal value with a clear obligation of a return gift within a specified time limit






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






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






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






26. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






28. 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






29. The sound system of a language






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






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






32. A focus that examines the relationship between humans and plants in different cultures






33. The study of the different ways that cultures understand time and use it to communicate






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






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






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






37. 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






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






39. The study of human thought - behavior - and lifeways that are learned rather than transmitted and that are typical of groups of people






40. 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






41. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






49. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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