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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






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






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






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






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






7. The sound system of a language






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






9. A set of propositions about which aspects of culture are critical - how they should be studied - and what the goal of studying them should be






10. The total stock of words in a language






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






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






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






14. 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






15. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






16. Yield per person per unit of land






17. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






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






20. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






31. 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






32. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






41. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






43. Smallest identifiable unit of sound made by humans and used in any language






44. A system of creating words from sounds






45. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






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






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






49. The analysis and study of touch






50. The process of the mechanization of production