Cultural Anthropology Ch. 11

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Achieved Status-

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A social position attained by a person's own efforts and skills.

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Ascribed Status-

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A social position that a person attains by birth. A person is born into an ascribed status.

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Egalitarian Societies-

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Societies in which all members have equal access to valued resources, including land, social prestige, wealth, and power.

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Elites-

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Members of a social group in a stratified society who have privileges denied to the majority of the population.

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Ethnicity-

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Social category based on a complex mix of ancestry, culture, and self-identification.

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Mobility-

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A principle that people can move from membership in one social group to another.

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Power-

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The ability to exert control over the actions of other people and to make decisions that affect them.

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Prestige-

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A social resource reflected in other's' good opinions, respect, and willingness to be influenced.

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Race-

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A cultural category that groups people according to so-called "racial" distinctions.

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Ranked Societies-

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Societies in which people or, more usually, kinship groups are ordered on a continuum in relation to each other.

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Slavery-

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An ascribed status forced on a person upon birth or through involuntary servitude.

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Social Stratification-

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Division of society into two or more groups, or strata, that are hierarchically ordered.

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Stratified Societies-

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Societies in which people have differential access to valued resources, including land and property, social prestige, wealth, and political power.

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Wealth-

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Economic resources, whether in land, goods, or money.