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Anthropology test #1

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show The approach to social research that seeks to understand culture from the point of view of the people within that cultural context.  
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show the holistic study of humankind  
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applied anthropology   show
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archaeology   show
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cultural anthropology   show
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show a term used to refer to the subjective experience of difference at the cultural level; identifying "us/me" and "them/you" through cultural symbols and markers.  
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ethnoarchaeology   show
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ethnographic fieldwork   show
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ethnographic interviews   show
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show a rich description and analysis of a culture that includes the anthropologist's experience of "being there"  
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excavation   show
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focus groups   show
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"go native"   show
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holistic understanding   show
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life history   show
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show the subfield of anthropology devoted to the study of language  
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mapping   show
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show a native american group known for their burial mounds  
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participation observation   show
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show the study of human anatomy, nonhuman primates and human origin  
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show the study of nonhuman primates  
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show interpretive approaches that use participant observation, interviews, document analysis, and other methods to understand the nature and meaning of phenomena  
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show measurement based approach that relies mathematics, statistics, and hypotheses for producing and interpreting data  
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show the time compressed use of focus groups, ethnographic interviews, mapping, and other methods within a framework of participant observation.  
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rapport   show
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survey   show
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armchair anthropologists   show
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cultural relativism   show
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cultural superiority   show
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show the total way of life of a group of people that is learned, adaptive, shared and integrated  
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epistemological relativism   show
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ethnocentrism   show
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historical particularism   show
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monogenesis   show
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show the idea that something is only right or wrong according to context-specific criteria  
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polygenesis   show
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racism   show
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show the assumption that one's own way of life is just normal, not cultural  
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show an early anthropological theory that states all cultures evolve from simple to complex along a single trajectory of progress  
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xenophobia   show
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show the practice of keeping particular forms of speech separate in one's life, using one in one setting and another in another setting  
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creole   show
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show the study of specific features of individual languages, such as patterns of grammar and sounds, as they exist in a given moment in time  
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design feature   show
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show studies that focus on change over time  
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show distinct but mutually intelligible forms of a single language  
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show the study of the culturally and linguistically specific ways people make sense of the world  
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show the rules that people use to organize their speech  
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show the study of how languages develop and change over time and how different languages are related to one another  
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show body language  
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show a system of verbal and nonverbal symbols used to communicate  
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show a group of languages that derive from a common ancestor language  
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language hierarchy   show
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language theory   show
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lexicon   show
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show the patterns and structures of words in a language  
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linguistic nationalism   show
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show units of language that carry meaning  
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official language   show
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show certain qualities applied to particular words, such as volume tone or emphasis  
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show the study of societies through their texts  
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show the sounds available in any particular language  
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phonemics   show
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show the study of all possible structures and sounds humans use in language  
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show the study of language sounds, including phonemics and phonetics  
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pidgin   show
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protolanguage   show
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regional dialect   show
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social dialect   show
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show a way of speaking related to a specific setting such as a sporting event, institution of higher learning, or religious community  
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show the study of how language is used by people in a society  
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structuralism   show
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symbol   show
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synchronic   show
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syntax   show
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agriculture   show
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articulation   show
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balanced reciprocity   show
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show all living things, plants and animals, contained in and supported by a particular area of land  
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show the study of how people meet needs through production, exchange and consumption  
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ethnocide   show
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exchange systems   show
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extensive farming   show
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show splitting a group into numerous smaller groups. a practice used by foragers to maintain group size and reduce interpersonal conflict  
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foraging   show
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show an economic theory that teaches that the logic people use to pursue economic goals is universal  
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generalized reciprocity   show
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genocide   show
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show a subsistence strategy in which people cultivate varieties of wild or domestic crops, primarily for their won use, using relatively little technology  
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intensive farming   show
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show a redistribution process that reduces social inequality  
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market economy   show
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show growing one species of a plant in a garden or field  
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multicropping   show
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show a form of exchange in which one or both parties seek to receive more than they give  
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show a form of pastoralism that involves moving animals from place to place in responce to food and water supply  
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show a subsistence strategy based on the use of domestic herd animals  
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show a form of redistribution and exchange traditionally practices by Northwest Native American groups  
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production   show
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property rights   show
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redistribution   show
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subsistence farming   show
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show a culturally created means of getting food  
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substantivist theory   show
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swidden farming   show
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transumant pastoralism   show
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usufruct rights   show
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cultural ecology   show
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show a postmodern theory that draws on Carl Marx's concepts of power, inequality and class struggle to understand culture change  
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cultural materialism   show
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cultural traits   show
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diffusionism   show
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falsification   show
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show highlights the importance of gender as an analytic concept and the importance of including women in cultural analysis  
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show culture develops in response to human needs  
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historical particularism   show
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show a rich description of a particular case  
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naturalism   show
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nomothic explanation   show
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positivism   show
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show the inclusion of the anthropologist's perspective and experience in ethnographic writing  
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show culture is rooted in the human drive for evolutionary advantage and genetic survival  
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show the functions of particular beliefs or behaviors may be understood in the support of social order  
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structuralism   show
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