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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Productive resources that are used with the primary goal of increasing their owners financial wealth






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






3. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






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






6. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






7. 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






8. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






10. The focus between biological anthropology that traces human evolutionary history






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






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






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






14. Herd animals are moved regularly throughout the year to different areas as pasture becomes available






15. The focus between biological anthropology that traces human evolutionary history






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






17. A language that allows a great number of morphemes per word and has highly regular rules for combining them






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






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






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






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






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






23. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






24. Two or more different phones that can be used to make the same phoneme in a specific language






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






26. Communication by clothing - jewelry - tattoos - piercing - and other visible body modifications






27. Yield per person per unit of land






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






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






30. 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






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






32. The analysis and study of touch






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






41. The system of language that relates words to meanings






42. Two or more different phones that can be used to make the same phoneme in a specific language






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






44. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






46. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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






48. Exchange conducted for the purpose of material advantage and the desire to get something for nothing






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






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