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13 Cards in this Set
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Capitalism |
An economic system where supply and demand market dominate; intended to make capital and profit |
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Colonialism |
Cultural domination by larger and wealthier powers |
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Imperialism |
A system where one country rules other territories with minor power through colonization; typically by military force |
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Small-Scale Society |
A community composer of several dozen to several hundred members, held together by family ties (kinship) and usually participated in traditional subsistence activities |
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Political Economy |
A social structure which is organized around economic interests, these material interests are protected and developed using power (politics) |
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White Man's Burden |
European's belief that it is their responsibility to colonize, rule and civilize those seen as savage |
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Decolonization |
Removal of a colonial power from a territory it controlled |
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Neocolonialism |
Persistence or profound social and economic ties connecting formal colonial territories to their former colonial rulers despite political sovereignty |
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Social Forms |
Culturally conforming collective ways of interacting with our surroundings and those we encounter; these interactions, usually taken for granted, are fixed behaviours which are enforced by the group |
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Typology |
A classification system which is based on systematic organization into types based on shared characteristics |
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Unilineal Cultural Evolutionism |
A theory presented in 19th century which states that series of stages all societies must go through/have done to reach civilization |
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Social Structure |
Long-term aspects of the social forms within society, includes political and kinship systems |
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Band |
A form of social organization made up of a small group of foragers (<50); labor is divided according to age and sex; social relations are relatively egalitarian even though there could be a chief which speaks for the group |
