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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. 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






2. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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






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






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






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






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






8. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






10. The analysis and study of touch






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






12. 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






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






14. The process of the mechanization of production






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Yield per person per unit of land






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






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






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






34. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






35. 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






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






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






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






39. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






41. 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






42. 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






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






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






45. The total stock of words in a language






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






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






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






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






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