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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. 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






2. 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






3. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






4. 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






5. 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






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






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






8. 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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. A practice value - or form of social organization that evens out wealth within a society






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






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






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






17. A focus that examines the relationship between humans and plants in different cultures






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






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






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






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






22. The process of the mechanization of production






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






24. 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






25. Yield per person per unit of land






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






27. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






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






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






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






32. The process of the mechanization of production






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






34. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






35. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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






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






38. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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






40. A food getting strategy that depends on the care of domesticated herd animals






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






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






43. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






44. The total stock of words in a language






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






46. The sound system of a language






47. A practice value - or form of social organization that evens out wealth within a society






48. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






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






50. The smallest unit of language that has meanings







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