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16 Cards in this Set
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Social Group
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a cluster of people beyond the domestic unit who are usually related on grounds other than kinship
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Primary Group
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a social group in which members meet on a face-to-face basis
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Secondary Group
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a group of people who identify with each other on some basis but may never meet with one another personally
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Age set
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a group of people close in age who go through certain rituals, such as circumcision, at the same time
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Youth gang
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a group of young people, found mainly in urban areas, who are often considered a social problem by adults and law enforcement officials
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Social Stratification
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a set of hierarchical relationships among different groups as though they were arranged in layers, or "strata"
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Ascribed Position
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a person's standing in society base on qualities that the person has gained through birth
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Achieved Position
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a person's standing in society based on qualities that the person has gained through action
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Status
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a person's position, or standing, in society
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Mestizaje
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literally, a racial mixture; in Central and South America, indigenous people who are cut off from their Indian roots, or literate and successful indigenous people who retain some traditional cultural practices
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Diaspora Population
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a dispersed group of people living outside their original homeland
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Patriarchy
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the dominance of men in economic, political, social, and ideological domains
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Matriarchy
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the dominance of women in economic, political, social and ideological domains
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Caste System
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a form of social stratification linked with Hinduism and based on a person's birth into a particular group
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Dalit
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the preferred name for the socially defined lowest groups in Indian caste system; the name means "oppressed" or 'ground down"
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Civil Society
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the collection of interest groups that function outside the government to organize economic and other aspects of life
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