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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Two or more different phones that can be used to make the same phoneme in a specific language






2. Something that stands for something else. central to language and culture






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






4. The total stock of words in a language






5. 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






6. 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






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






8. A set of propositions about which aspects of culture are critical - how they should be studied - and what the goal of studying them should be






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






18. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






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






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






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






23. A focus that examines the ways in which people in different cultures understand health and sicknesses as well as the ways they attempt to cure disease






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






33. The science of documenting the relationships between languages and grouping them into language families






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






35. A focus that examines the ways in which people in different cultures understand health and sicknesses as well as the ways they attempt to cure disease






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






37. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






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






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






41. A filed is cleared by felling the trees and burning the bush






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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