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Culture
Definition
A series of learned behaviors
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Society
Definition
Within or between societies
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Scale
Definition
Individual, group, regional, national, supernational,
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consciousness
Definition
intentional or unintentional
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World time
Definition
past or present
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World space
Definition
scale and location
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Marilineal
Definition
Mother lineage
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Patrilineal
Definition
Fathers lineage
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Ambilineal
Definition
Both father and mother lineage
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Matrilocal
Definition
living by mothers family
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Patrilocal
Definition
living by fathers family
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Ambilocal
Definition
Living by both fathers and mothers family
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Neolocal
Definition
living by neither father or mothers family
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Order of societies less complex to more
Definition
Band, clan, tribe, chiefdom, protostate, state
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Ethnocentrism
Definition
Own perspective, Silly and ineffectual
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Cultural Relativism
Definition
the principle that an individual human's beliefs and activities should be understood in terms of his or her own culture
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Emic
Definition
inside
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Etic
Definition
outside
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Impact formula
Definition
Impact= population x affluence x technology
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Malthusian Collapses?
Definition
None, because of technology develops to fast
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Band
Definition
Small, no formal organizations, very moblie
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Clan
Definition
Common ancestors, achieved status
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tribe
Definition
can be large, hierarchy emerging, some achieved status
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cheifdom
Definition
hierarchy, inherited ascribed status, formal
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prostate
Definition
recognized boundaries, limited central control
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State
Definition
Netherlands, france
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Colonization
Definition
Direct control
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mercantilism
Definition
Trading
Term
Imperialization
Definition
Conquor
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Post Enlightenment
Definition
Minority opinion
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Neo-colonazation
Definition
modern version of the colonies
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cultural Imperialization
Definition
cultural values
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Us vs Them
Definition
major part of every human society
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social mobility
Definition
close to none. born poor = live poor. Born middle class = live middle class
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environmental worldveiw
Definition
look at book
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Cultural Norms
Definition
Tradition, Identiy, Ease
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Tradition
Definition
Always done things, always will. White collar
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Identity
Definition
Who are we? The folks who do...
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Ease
Definition
Hard to decide everything everday, Things just happening becuase they are simple things.
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Cutural Universals
Definition
Yes there are universal traits but they are basic. Feed children, dont marry your sister
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Cultural traits
Definition
Transmitted within a socitey
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Cultural Traits are trasmitted how
Definition
Elder to youth, Education, Religion, peers, Tv.
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Maladaptive
Definition
Unhelpful traits
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Adaptive
Definition
Helpful traits
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Ritual
Definition
A set of defined actons that can include words, gestures and action that take place in a set location
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Liturgy
Definition
A set of sequence of words often used in sacred situtaions.
Term
civic religion
Definition
nascar, mcdonalds
Term
Sex
Definition
normally just 2 sexes, determined by biology.
Term
Gender
Definition
best viewed as a scale with very female at one end and very male at the other
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Gender in Society
Definition
Fequently very tied to cultural tradision as to what is accaptable
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Cultural Momentum
Definition
makes it hard to change gender roles
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Religon types
Definition
shamanistic, polytheistic, monotheistic, world ending,
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Shamanistic
Definition
do not have god, have powers, powers are sometimes natural things
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Polytheistic
Definition
have many gods, gods control one or more thing around you. they can die
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Monotheistic
Definition
One god, all powerful and knowing
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World ending view
Definition
Heaven
Term
Shamanism (organization)
Definition
Quite rare, individual acts of worship
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Commanul
Definition
people get together and worship, can be sham or polythesism NO ORGANIZED STRUCTURE
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Plolythesism
Definition
hard to find today, they ingage in communal acts
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MOnotheism
Definition
Largest type of religion. World regecting.
Term
reasons for religion
Definition
tradition, cultural identification, social support, hope
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Rule of 72
Definition
to determine how quickly a value will double or half, divide rate of change by 72
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Why care about population growth
Definition
life expency is higher, economy is expected to double four times. to much money to spend before you die
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population patterns
Definition
overwhelmingly rural population. farming!
consentrated around agriculrtual regions like rivers
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major shifts in deography
Definition
agricultural revolution, coumbian exchange, plague, small pox, influenza, .
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T.r. Malthus
Definition
population inherently limited by food supply disease and war
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Agricultural and industrial revolutions in 1800 to 1945
Definition
more food, jobs and wealth. rapid increase of urbanization
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Population growth reason in 1800 to 1945
Definition
infant mortatlity drops, small pox vaccations. more food.
adult expectany limited by urban and work
war, famine and disease
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migration and colonization in 1800 to 1945
Definition
european to americas, australasia. forced african and asian to migrate to america, india, and pacific islands
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Population boom 1950 to 2000+
Definition
baby boom, urbanization, migration,
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baby boom
Definition
post war and economic boom, declining infant mortatily and new vaccination. Green revolution increased food supply
Term
population boom 1950 to 2000+
Urbanization
Definition
continued movement to cities on all continents
massive growth in latin america, africa, and asia cities
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Population boom 1950 to 2000+
migration
Definition
increased migration to europe and north america
Term
Geographic Distribution today
Definition
fast population growth since 1950 in asia afreic and latin america
slowest population growth in europe, and north america
Term
population today, urbanizaton
Definition
more and more pople are moving to cities around the world
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Age and Gender distribuation
Definition
more older people alive and few babies born in industrailization.
Increased industration equals no growth
Term
Gender gaps
Definition
Warfare (less men)
Sex-selective abortion and infanticide
Gendered migration
Term
Growing too fast?
Definition
world population doubled from 1 billion to 2 billion in 130 years.
Term
End of the "green revolution"
Definition
1960 new wheat, rice strains, fertilizers pesticides, irrigation and machines
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Pie keeps growing
Definition
soil exhuastion, from supporting 9 or 10 billion people.
Term
Pop. control
ration!
Definition
stabilize or reduce world population to a sustainable point by limiting birthrates
Ecomomic benefits
women and children health
Term
pop. control
challenges
Definition
feminisism, and religous tradition, cultural values, and political objection
Term
pop. control
government policy
Definition
china one child
tax and social serive pentions
Term
The youth bulge
origins
Definition
result of growing population and declining child mortality
Term
the youth bulge
challenges
Definition
high outh unemplyment.
social unrest (dowry inflation, crime rate)
polictical unrest
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Historical migration
Isnt new
Definition
early humans out of africa
move by land and sea
hunter and gathers, never stoped moving
Term
historical migration
push pull
Definition
push: war, unemployment, enviromental degration, faminie
Pull: jobs, land, safety, social service
Term
historical migration
voluntray or forced
Definition
slavery, locals,
india and chinese indentured labors send al over the world
Term
historical migration
moving across oceans (1500-1950)
colonization
Definition
europe to north america (65%)
europe to south america (30%)
Term
historical migration
moving across oceans (1500-1950)
trading
Definition
chinese immigrant to southeast asia
levantine immigrants to afreicn america asia
Term
pop. effects of migrantion
Definition
reduced pop. pressue on food supply and job market ( europe, asia)
slowed population growth
tenision of plotical power throught coloniszaiton
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pop. impact on new homeland
Definition
cheaper labor, diffusion of langue and culuture
Term
diaspora
Definition
tyring to maintain identity when you move as a group.
Term
major diaspora groups
religious and political
Definition
jews in europe, africa, and asia
cuban in the USA
Term
major diaspora groups
trading
Definition
greek and americans everywhere
hausn in west africa
Term
major diaspora groups
labor
Definition
south asian in fiji
portuanese in the USA
Term
major diaspora groups
african diaspora
Definition
desendants of former slave in america and caribbean
more recent bolutary and involunatray migrants to europe and n. America
Term
contemporary issue
melting pot or salad bowl
Definition
assimilation model
multicultural model
Term
comtemporary issue
nationality and citizenship
Definition
limited rights for guest workers and undocumented migrants
racism discrimination
Term
Voluntray migration
legal migraiton
Definition
free global flow of media,$, and thinkgs but restircts how of people
Guest workers
the brain drain
effet
tranaitonal and circular migration
Term
voluntray migration
undocumented migration
Definition
opperunites in lower wage sector
anti immigrant sentiment linked to ecominc condition.
Term
Involuntary movement
refugee
Definition
ethnic cleansing in modern warfare
problems of peacetime reconcillcaiton
limited legal emigraion options
Term
involuntary movement
ecomigraiton
Definition
desertification, plluiton and rising sea levels
Term
involuntary movement
long term problems
Definition
de facto permanent refugee towns
mutigenration refugees and the right to return
Term
Why cities?
efficiency and sustainabliity
Definition
benefits from scale and shared resources
Term
Why Cities
Our Urban planet
Definition
majority o fpopulation now lives in cites.
current urban population bigger than entire world population in 1960
happening very fast
Term
Why have cites
Definition
town didnt happen becuase of farmng urban life came before farming
Term
urbanization patterns
historical change
Definition
rural to urban mirgaton
industrial revolution
safety valves for overcrowding
Term
safety valves
Definition
disease (urban populations not self sustaining util late 19th century early 20th)
Emigration
Term
Urbanization patterns
the modern city
Definition
industrial and post industrial cites, and urban planning
Term
Urbanization patterns
the modern city
Industrial and Post industrial cities
Definition
mixture of residential,, industreal and commericail districts
older urban core surrounded by 20-21st centery addistion and suburs
industrial decline linked to de urbanization center city slums
Term
rbanization patterns
the modern city
urban planning
Definition
early vision
modernism
Term
The global mega citys
scale
Definition
population of cities
geographical area of cities
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the global mega cities
distribution
Definition
higly industrialized economies
rapid growing economies
underdevelped economies
Term
global urbinism
intergration with world economy
Definition
older industrial mega cities, manufacturing, shipping
the new global megacity includes banking finance, insurance and technology
multinationa corportion and workforce
often disintegrated with regional and nation economy
Term
global urbinism
globatrotting elites
Definition
extreme concentration of wealth
cosmoplitan culture media, education, language (english), sonsumer pattern
Term
Gini
Definition
income inequality
the greater the GINI number the larger the income inquaulity
Term
Gini Problems
Definition
upset and unrest
urban areas have most money with working class.
brazil large GINI inequality
asai, africa are preety GINI equality
bric
Term
BRIC
Definition
BRAZIL, RUSSIA, INDIA, CHINA
Term
The global slum
what is a slum
Definition
when households lack a shelter, sufficint living space, afforable water, a bathroom, security again forced evictions
Term
The global slum
changing location
Definition
urban center vs. urban periplerhies
no more safety valves
push factors overwhelm pull.
Term
the global slum
global limits on migration
Definition
national laws prevent force migration of workers
some nation limits on interal migratoin
Term
the global slum
colonization schemes
Definition
threats to enviroments
threats to indigenous culture
Term
Informal urbanization
involuntary off grid living
Definition
invisible to government
insecure propery tenure
informal econmy
Term
culture on the urban periphery
Definition
religion
social movement (gangs?)
Term
Urban ecology
Definition
pollution: victims and contributors
settlement in waste lands and dumping grounds
settlement without services creat more waste

disease: limited to health and sanitation services
disaster
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