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Title: Anthro Exam two

Description: Chapter Six

Total Flash Cards: 6

Created: 03/02/2010 06:38:46

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Term
Politics
 Definition
the public use of power and authority
Term
Power
 Definition
the ability to exert your will over other, EX: influence such as physical abuse
Term
Authority
 Definition
socially approved power
Term
Bands
 Definition
typically foragers. They have situational leaders, but no government or laws. Ex: the san and the Inuit, “Reciprocity”
Term
Tribes
 Definition
Usually pastoralists or horticulturists, no government or leagal system, use kinship, age and sex for their political organization, live in villages (unless they are nomadic pastoralists. EX: Yanomamo and the Maasai.
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Chiefdoms
 Definition
developed about 7000 years ago, based on horticulture, pastoralism, or preindustrial agriculture, no government, chief has authority over a set of territory and inherits his position. Redistribution, sumptuary rules and religion backed the chief’s power