Details Title: anthropology chapter 11 Description: anthropology chapter 11 Total Flash Cards: 7 Created: 04/14/2009 20:47:23		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Anthropology Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Egalitarian society Definition A society in which no individual or group has more privleged access to resources, power or prestige than any other. Term Rank society Definition A society characterized by institutionalized differences in prestige but no important restrictions on access to basic resources Term Stratified society Definition a society characterized by fornal. permanent social and economic inequality in which some people are denied accss to basic resources Term Ascribed status Definition A social position that a person is born into Term achieved status Definition A social psoition that a person chooses or achieves on his or her own Term Political ideology Definition The shared beliefs and values that legitimize the distribution and use of power in a perticular society Term Factions Definition Informal systems of alliance within well-defined political units such as lineages or villages.