Cultural Anthropology Ch. 12

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Age Grade (Age Set)-

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A sociopolitical association of people of more or less similar age who are given specific social functions.

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Associations-

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Sociopolitical groups that link people in a community on the basis of shared interests and skills.

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Bands-

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Small, loosely organized groups of people held together by informal means.

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Chiefdoms-

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Stratified societies organized by kinship.

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Confederacy-

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A form of political organization in which tribes and bands join together under common leadership to face an external threat.

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Empires-

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States expanded into larger units through conquest and the occupation or annexation of new territories.

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Factionalism-

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The tendency for groups to split into opposing parties over political issues, often a cause of violence and a threat to political unity.

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Kingdom-

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A centralized political organization with the king as the paramount leader.

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Political Anthropology-

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The study of the ways in which societies are organized to plan group activities, make decisions affecting members of the group, select leadership, and settle disputes both within the group and with other groups.

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Political Organization-

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The ways in which societies are organized to plan group activities, make decisions affecting members of the group, select leadership, and settle disputes both within the group and with other groups.

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Primogeniture-

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A system of inheritance of leadership in which the eldest child (usually the eldest son) automatically inherits the position of leadership from his or her parent.

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Republics-

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State societies with elected rather than inherited leadership.

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Revolution-

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When citizens rebel against their colonial rulers, government or ruling elites.

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Sagamore-

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A leader of a Mi'kmaq band who had some degree of control over a small territory and had some role in economic redistribution.

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Social Control-

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Informal and formal mechanisms in society through which peoples actions are controlled and social norms or laws are enforced.

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States-

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Highly organized, centralized political systems with a hierarchical structure of authority.

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Terrorism-

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Acts of violence perpetrated by private citizens against a country without the cover and sanction of a state-declared war.

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Theocracies-

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Societies ruled by religious leaders, in which the social order is upheld through beliefs in its divine origin or sanction.

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Tribes-

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Societies with some degree of formalization of structure and leadership, including village and intervilliage councils whose members meet to settle disputes and plan community activities.