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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Feelings of alienation and helplessness the result from rapid immersion in a new and different culture






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






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






4. A system of creating words from sounds






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






6. The study of language and its relation to culture






7. Yield per person per unit of land






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






9. Studies people from a biological perspective; focuses primarily on aspects of humankind that are genetically inherited






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






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






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






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






15. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






16. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






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






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






19. 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






20. Studies people from a biological perspective; focuses primarily on aspects of humankind that are genetically inherited






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






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






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






24. Focuses on recording and examining ways in which members of a culture use language to classify and organize their cognitive world






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






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






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






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






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






30. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






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






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






35. 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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Focuses on recording and examining ways in which members of a culture use language to classify and organize their cognitive world






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






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






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






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






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






50. The major research tool of cultural anthropology; includes both fieldwork among people in a society and the written results of such fieldwork