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47 Cards in this Set
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Human learned behaviors
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Culture
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pair bond and offspring
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Family
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(territory) defined territory united by a single government
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State
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(people) Largest social unit, ethnic group untied by history, culture and view of the future.
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Nation
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Attempts to control the supernatural
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Magic
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related nuclear families forming a household with a recognized head
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Extended Family
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Enforcing proper behavior in large complex tribes or nations, through coercive force applied by recognized group institutions or organizations.
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Formal Social Control
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recognized worker of magic, part time
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Shaman
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Term for the study of human beings synthesized from a variety of related fields
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Anthropology
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Term for the study of human learned behaviors and their evolution.
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Cultural Anthropology
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Roles, obligations, rules and relationships determined by blood or marriage.
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Kinship
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Pair bond and offspring that includes just one set of parents
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Nuclear Family
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Customs and mores that recognize and establish the pair bond.
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Marriage
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female is the head of the family
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Matriarchal
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male is the head of the family
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Patriarchal
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Kinship based cooperating economic unit.
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Household
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Behaviors relating to the production and distribution of goods and services.
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Economics
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Production is for immediate consumption not for barter or trade
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Subsistance
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Production is for barter or trade. Everything is for sale.
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Market Economy
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Enforcing proper behavior by shame, ridicule or praise that is found in simple kinship based societies including bands.
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Informal Social Control
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Simple kinship based society, kinship units (families) that live together in territorial units
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Band
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attempts to appease or placate the supernatural
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Religion
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The belief in spirits that reside in objects
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Animism
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Belief in one god
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Monotheism
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assigning human characteristics to god/gods
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Anthropomorphism
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belief in many gods
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Polytheism
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customs and mores that end the pair bond
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Divorce
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The study of human biological characteristics and their evolution
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Physical Anthropology
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Status that is inherited
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Ascribed Status
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relating to government (select leaders, make & enforce laws, settle disputes, group defense)
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Political
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The level of respect at which one is regarded by others; standing.
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Prestige
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a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity
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Caste System
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rituals that mark key transitions in human life (such as: birth, adulthood, marriage, death)
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Rites of Passage
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Rules that are regulated and are concerning the public eye
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Public Law
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Rules that are regulated between the offender and the offended
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Private Law
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Fighting (murder) between family groups
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Blood Feuds
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the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group
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Social Stratification
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The ability to transition between the different classes
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Social Mobility
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The land was the main reason for class. Limited Social Mobility. Land could be won from victories at battle.
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Estate System
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System where people are broken up into different ways of life
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Class System
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neolocal residence, bilineal
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Equalitarian
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Kinship descent group with a common known ancestor
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Decent Group
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Group of exogamous bands sharing culture and territory
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Tribe
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Paliolithic age is based on gender roles. Mesolithic age and on is based upon specialized work.
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Division of Labor
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The expression of emotion and religion through a variety of mediums
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Aesthetics
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Status that is earned through hard work.
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achieved status
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How the general public sees you.
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Status
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