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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. The idea that humans can combine words and sounds into new - meaningful utterances they have never befoe heard






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






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






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






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






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






7. An entire social group and their animals move in search of pasture






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






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






10. A ritual system common in Central and South America in which wealthy people are required to hold a series of costly ceremonial offices






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






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






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






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






24. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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






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






27. 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






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






29. 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






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






31. Yield per person per unit of land






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






40. Focuses on providing objective descriptions of cultures within their historical and environmental context






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Focuses on providing objective descriptions of cultures within their historical and environmental context