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11/26/2012

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3 ways goods are distributed
Definition
Reciprocity, redistribution, marker or commercial exchange
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Production
Definition
The act of making products
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Industrial mode of production
Definition
Work is based on mechanized production and mechanized agriculture
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Rank society
Definition
Where people ranked based on their heredity to the chief
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Domestic mode of production
Definition
People labored to get food and produce shelter for themselves and their kin
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Secondary substance
Definition
Processing, preparation of food for eating or storing
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Tributary mode of production
Definition
Most people still produce their own food but the elite or aristocracy control a portion of the production
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How do we divide labor
Definition
By gender, age, or skill in certain areas
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Corvee
Definition
A system of required labor
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1 theory that explains womens high or low status
Definition
Womens status is higher the most they contribute to primary substance activities
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Ethnicity
Definition
A group of people emphasizing common origins, language, shared history, and selected cultural difference
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Why men dominate politics
Definition
The men's role in warfare because they control the weapons
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Economics
Definition
Activities involving money, the cost of goods, services like food, rent, or factories, farms anything we think we need
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Indirect example of forced labor
Definition
Taxation
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Cast System example
Definition
Indian hereditary castes
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How do anthropologists express sexual activity
Definition
1 society to another in degree has much variation from before or outside marriage permitted and tolerance of homosexuals1 society to another in degree has much variation from before or outside marriage permitted and tolerance of homosexuals
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Post-industrial mode of production
Definition
where there is less manual work and but more knowledge and service oriented
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Cast System
Definition
Ranked group in which membership is determined at birth and marriage is restricted to members of ones own caste
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Expendability Theory
Definition
Men tend to do more dangerous work and are more expendable then women
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Monogamy
Definition
1 man and women
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Incest Taboo
Definition
Prevents sexual intercourse or marriage between some categories of kin
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Exogamy
Definition
When a person marries outside ones own group
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Endogamy
Definition
When a person marries within their group
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Gender roles
Definition
Roles that are culturally assigned to genders
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Bride Price
Definition
Gift from the groom or his kin to the brides kin
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1 theory to incest taboo
Definition
It leads to no new social connections
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Primary substance
Definition
Hunting, gathering, fishing, herding
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Economic of effort Theory
Definition
Helps explain patterns that cannon be readily be explained by strength and composition theories
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Slavery
Definition
System under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold
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Compatibility with child care theory
Definition
Women tend to be compatible with child care, breast feeding, must stay close to home
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Kindren
Definition
A persons bilateral set of relatives who may be called upon for some reason
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Affernal kin
Definition
related to you by marriage
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Tribiland islands opinion on premarital sex
Definition
Approves it and sees it as an important preparation for later marriage roles
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Clan
Definition
A set of kin whose members believe to be descended from a common ancestor
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Sexual Dimorphism
Definition
A marked difference in size and appearance between males and females of a species
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Strength Theory
Definition
Focuses on the generally greater strength of males and their capacity to mobilize their strength
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Bride Service
Definition
The groom works for the brides family
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Nights of Saturnlia
Definition
Nights in which homosexuality can be expressed
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Extended family and explain the benefits
Definition
2 or more single parents monogamous, polygynous, or polyandrous families linked to a blood tie.

benefits are large family ties going back generations
Term
Dowry
Definition
A substantial transfer of goods or money from the brides family to the groom
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Polygyny
Definition
Man married to more than 1 women at a time
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5 points of maratial residence
Definition
Patrilocal Residence
Matriloal residence
Bilocal residence
Avuneulocal residence
Neolocal residence
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Family
Definition
Social or economic unit consisting minimally of 1 or more parents and their children
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Marriage
Definition
Socially approved economic and sexual union typically between a man and a women
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