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17 Cards in this Set
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adjudication
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Mediation with an unbiased third party making the ultimate decision.
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chiefdom
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A regional polity in which two or more local groups are organized under a single chief, who is at the head of a ranked hierarchy of people.
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cultural control
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Control through beliefs and values deeply internalized in the minds of individuals.
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legitimacy
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The right of political leaders to govern–to hold, use, and allocate power–on the socially accepted customs, rules, or laws that bind and hold a people together as a collective whole.
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negotiation
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The use of direct argument and compromise by the parties to a dispute to arrive voluntarily at a mutually satisfactory agreement.
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political organization
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The way power is accumulated, arranged, executed, and structurally distributed and embedded in society; the means through which a society creates and maintains social order.
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power
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The ability of individuals or groups to impose their will upon others and make them do things even against their own wants or wishes.
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sanction
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An externalized social control designed to encourage conformity to social norms.
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social control
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External control through open coercion.
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state
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a political institution established to manage and defend a complex, socially stratified society occupying a defined territory.
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tribe
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refers to a range of kin–ordered groups that are politically integrated by some unifying factor and whose members share acommon ancestry, identity, culture, language, and territory.
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art
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The creative use of the human imagination to aesthetically interpret, express, and engage life, modifying experienced reality in the process.
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epic
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A long, dramatic narrative recounting the celebrated deeds of a historic or legendary hero–often sung or recited in poetic language.
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ethnomusicology
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The study of a society’s music in terms of its cultural setting.
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iconic images
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Culturally specific people, animals, and monsters seen in
the deepest stage of trance. |
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motif
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A story situation in a tale.
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tonality
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In music, scale systems and their modifications.
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