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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. The focus between biological anthropology that is concerned with the biology and behavior of nonhuman primates






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






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






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






5. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






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






25. Yield per person per unit of land






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Social honor or respect






38. 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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Global distribution of people associated with each other by history - kinship - friendship - and webs of mutual understanding






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






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






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






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







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