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| the study of humanity, from its evolutionary origins millions of years ago to its current worldwide diversity |
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| An approach in anthropology that uses data about the behavior and beliefs in many societies to document both cultural universal and cultural diversity |
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| the study of cultural behavior, especially the comparative study of living and recent human cultures |
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| an approach in anthropology that stresses the importance of analyzing cultures on that culture's own terms of the culture of the anthropologist |
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| The learned values, beliefs, and rules of conduct that are shared to some extent by the members of a society, and that govern their behavior with one another |
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| Changes in peoples' ways of life over time through both internal and external forces |
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| the widespread human tendency to perceive the ways of doing things in one's own culture as normal and natural and that of others as strange, inferior,a dn possibly even unnatural or inhuman |
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| Aspect of cultural anthropology involved with observing and documenting peoples' ways of life |
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| Aspect of cultural anthropology involved with building theories about cultural behaviors and forms |
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| the spread of economic, political, and cultural influences throughout a very large geographic area or through a great number of different societies |
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| A perspective in anthropology that views culture as an integrated whole, no part of which can be completely understood without considering the whole |
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| Peoples who are now minority groups in state societies but who were formerly independent and have occupied their territories for a long time |
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| The Tools people make and use, the clothing and ornaments they wear, the buildings they live in, and the household utensils they use |
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| Populations of people living in organized groups with social institutions and expectations of behavior |
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| The ideas people have about themselves, others, and the world, and the other ways that people express these ideas |
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