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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. A filed is cleared by felling the trees and burning the bush






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






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






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






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






19. Social honor or respect






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






21. A form of redistribution involving competitive feasting practice among Northwest Coast Native Americans






22. The notion that cultures should be analyzed with reference to their own histories and values rather than according to the values of another culture






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






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






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






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






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






28. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






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






31. 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






32. The notion that cultures should be analyzed with reference to their own histories and values rather than according to the values of another culture






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






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






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






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






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






38. A system of creating words from sounds






39. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






40. An economic system in which goods and services are bought and sold at a money price determined by the forces of supply and demand






41. 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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






48. The process of the mechanization of production






49. A theoretical position in anthropology that held that cultures could best be understood by examining the patterns of child rearing and considering their effect on adult lives and social institutions






50. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society







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