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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. The smallest unit of sound that serves to distinguish between meanings of words within a language






2. A mutual give and take among people of equal status






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






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






5. 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






6. The total stock of words in a language






7. The analysis and study of touch






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






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






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






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






13. A mutual give and take among people of equal status






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. The study of language and its relation to culture






21. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






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






24. The integration of resources - labor - and capital into a global network






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






37. Focuses on issues of power and voice; suggests that anthropological accounts are partial truths reflecting the backgrounds - training - and social positions of their authors






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






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






40. 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






41. The process of the mechanization of production






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






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






44. A system of creating words from sounds






45. Yield per person per unit of land






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






47. Social honor or respect






48. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






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