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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. A filed is cleared by felling the trees and burning the bush






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






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






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






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






6. 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






7. The process of the mechanization of production






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






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






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






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






12. The analysis and study of touch






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






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






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






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






17. A mutual give and take among people of equal status






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Social honor or respect






29. Yield per person per unit of land






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. A group within a society that shares norms and values significantly different from those of the dominant culture






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