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transhumance is?
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seasonal movement changes
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social mobility is
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ability to move to a different class
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varnas is?
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color
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caste society contains what castes
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brahmins (priests), Kshatriyas (rulers), Vayshayas (farmers, merchants), Sudras (servants), Untouchables
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times in ones life when milestones are overcome to bring one to the next level is reffered as the term...
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rite of passage
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elima is?
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first menstruation
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a social category or corporate social group, consisting of people of similar age, who have a common identity, maintain close ties over a prolonged period, and together pass through a series of age-related statuses
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age set
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The ritual practice of cutting off the inner labia and stitching together the outer lips
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infibulation
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the eldest son inherits the position of leader
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primogeniture
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group that exhibits equivalent levels of prestige
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class society
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what effects class societies?
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income education and occupation
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endogamous?
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marriage between one's own group
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exogamous
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marriage outside ones group
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a social or economic practice that serves to lessen differentials in wealth
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social leveling mechanism
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what is a Protolanguage?
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A common language that "daughter" languages come from (Spanish is a daughter of protolang. Latin, which comes from Proto-Indo-European)
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A language which is used as a means of communication between people who do not share a mother tongue
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lingua franca
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what is the sapir whorf theory
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claims that the structure of a language defines the way a person behaves and thinks
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egalitarian societies has
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equality
equal access to resources no formal authority no specialiization of labor |
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rank societies has
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leader has formal authority
distinct division between the leader and his close kin and the masses |
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horticulture is
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planting without the plow , irrigation, or synthetic pesticides: only simple hand tools are used.
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people that move with herd animals from one place to another
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nomads
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number of people the available resources can support
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carrying capacity
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pastoralism includes
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reliance on herded animals
began about 10 KYA |
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what is a gar
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forehead incisions of manhood
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who is the original affluent socities?
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hunter/gatherer
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