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| Behaviors that occur in relation to the territory occupied by an individual and the groups to which he/she belongs |
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| A trend of thought that favors equality for all people |
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| Define Bands (hunters-gatherers): |
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| Hunt and forage for food, highly nomadic/high mobility, small scale (up to 50 people), power is achieved via means other than heredity |
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| A distinct people, dependent on their land for their livelihood, who are largely self-sufficient, and not integrated into the national society |
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| Form of hierarchical political organization in non-industrial societies usually based on kinship |
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| A group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent |
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| Unilineal descent group that can demonstrate their common descent from a known apical ancestor |
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| Type of social stratification noted for its endogamy, non-commensality, and hereditary occupations. Not possible to leave your level within the system. |
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| A social division based on social or economic status |
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| Social status that is either given at birth or assumed involuntarily later in life. The position is neither earned or chosen but assigned |
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| a social position that a person can acquire on the basis of merit; it is a position that is earned or chosen. Opposite of ascribed status |
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| social arrangement where marriage is allowed only outside of a social group |
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| Marrying only within the limits of a local community, clan, or tribe |
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| General term for the seperation of different social classes i.e. upper class, middle class, lower class |
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| those that claim their landds because they were first or have occupied them since time immemorial |
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| imprecise term used today to refer to small-scale, pre-industrial societies that live in comparative isolation and manage their affairs without any centralized authority such as a state; generally underprivileged minorities |
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| group identity based on its members' idea of their own distinctiveness from others. Based on a sense of common history linked to a particular area or territory |
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- notion or emotion or belief that the nation and the state should coincide.
- desire of individuals with common historical roots to control a particular territory. This territory may or may not be defined and recognized externally as a state. However, the ultimate goal of the group is to have it recognized as such.
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| A single, supreme authority over a group of people occupying a common territory |
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| When the state corresponds to a single nation i.e. USA |
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| The destruction of a people's way of life |
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| Physical extermination of a defined category of people |
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| What are the 3 stages or components of rituals: |
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| practice that involves a practitioner reaching altered states of consciousness in order to encounter and interact with the spirit world and channel these transcendental energies into this world |
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| Edward Tylor-how humans created the concept of the soul, the mimimum definitioni of a religion |
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| What are the two major sects or denominations of Islam? |
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| What are the five major pillars of islam |
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- Shahadah: No god except God, and Muhammad is God's messenger
- Salat: ritual prayer 5x a day
- Zakat: give 2.5% of savings to the poor and needy
- Sawm: fasting and self-control during Ramadan
- Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in life if able
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| Three types of Reciprocity in terms of economic exchanges: |
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- Generalized:
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- Negative:
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| What is the "Ethnicity of Muslims"? |
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| Considered "God's Messenger" and "The Seal of the Prophets" brought Allah's (God) true message to the Arab people. His messages were memorized and written down becoming the Qur'an. |
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| Explain the "Gift" as viewed in economic exchanges |
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| Securing reciprocal relationships b/t other people, securing alliances b/t different groups and individuals. Generalized exchange |
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| Define the Industrial Revolution and the location/time? |
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| I.R. refers to the dramatic technological and economical innovations that occurred in England from ~1760 to 1830 |
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| Groups of people that join together for specific reasons to increase their power, wealth, etc |
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| Creation of seperate social strata based on three dimensions what are: economic status or wealth, power, and prestige |
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| What are the life stages on Hindu traditions: |
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- Young-student
- Household-raising a family
- Meditation-Middle age
- Old age-Giving up possessions
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| How did food production affect population? |
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| Marxist study of economy focuses on: |
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| Who controls the means of production and the relationship b/t labor and the means of production |
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| Difference b/t exogamy and endogamy, and in clans and castes, which practices which? |
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- Endogamy: required to marry inside your group, associated with caste system
- Exogamy: required to marry outside your group, associated with clans
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| What impact did the migration from Europe to North America, according to "American Nations" |
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Highly speculative/problematic, created divisions in worldviews and language practices that can be seen b/t different areas |
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| What is the subsistence pattern of the Danni? |
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| Major point on Globalization: |
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| Can result in the loss of cultural diversity |
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| What was the term used to classify the even in Rwanda when 800,000 people died in 100 days? |
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| How does food production related to social stratification? |
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| Stratification and social inequalities increased as a result of food production |
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| What were the marriage residence patterns during the industrial revolution? |
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| Neolocal marriage residence patterns |
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| Non-governmental organization who's objective is equity, access, justice, and redistribution |
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