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Cultural Anthropology

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






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






3. 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






4. 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






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






6. Social honor or respect






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






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






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






10. Focuses on using humanistic methods to analyze culture and discover the meaning of culture to its participants






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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






21. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Production of plants using a simple - nonmechanized technology and where the fertility of gardens and fields is maintained for long periods






30. A form of animal communication composed of a limited number of sounds that are tied to specific stimuli in the environment






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






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






33. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






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






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






37. The pattern of apportioning different tasks to different members of society






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






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






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






41. The process of the mechanization of production






42. The sound system of a language






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






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






45. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






46. A system of creating words from sounds






47. 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






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






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






50. 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