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31 Cards in this Set
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band |
a small group of related households occupying a region who come together periodically for particular events |
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do bands have a formal leader or political system |
they do not. they are autonomous |
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are bands considered egalitarian |
yes |
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Tribe |
a group of independent communities in a specific region who share a common language and culture and are integrated by a unifying factor |
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what are the usual unifying factors for tribes |
culture and language |
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how many people are usually in a band |
less than 100 |
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how many people are in a tribe |
up to 1000 people |
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chiefdom |
regional polity when two or more groups are organized und a chief who is the head of a ranked hierarchy |
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chiefdom is hereditary and is given to the |
first born |
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are chiefdoms stable |
no they can be deposed killed or thrown out if they do not help the people |
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state |
a centralized political system with the power to coerce |
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states has a __________ government and had the ability to legally use _______ |
centralized force |
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nation |
a community of people who share common ancestry, territory and history |
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how many states in the world |
196 |
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how many nations in the world |
5000 |
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women have power in which societies? |
bands, iroquois, igbo |
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cultural control |
beliefs and values that you have in your head from your education or absorbed from your upbringing |
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effective deterrents of antisocial behavior |
disgust of incest fear of deformity disease or death fear of ghosts or hell |
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social control |
control over groups through coercion and sanctions |
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Sanctions |
externalized social controls designed to encourage conformity to social norms |
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sanctions can be __________ or __________ or |
positive eg: awards negative eg: threats corporal punishment informal eg: giving someone a dirty look |
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Law |
a formal negative sanction |
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crime |
an illegal action against the state
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tort |
an illegal action against another person |
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negotiations |
arrive at a voluntary agreement to settle disputes |
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mediation |
an unbiased third party negotiates between the two parties |
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adjudication |
a third party makes a final decision when two parties cannot agree |
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war is not |
universal |
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naturalistic world view |
the belief that humans are merely one part of the natural world. common amongst hunter gatherers |
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exploitative world view |
belief that humans have the inherent right to dominate and exploit the world. Found amongst food producing peoples |
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theocracy |
when the person who is the religious leader is also the political leader. Eg: George bush with making evolution teachings illegal. |
