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Name 3 types of natural resources.

Land, Water, Plants, Animals, and Minerals.

Private Property Ownership

People who buy and sell land and many other things

Why was Andrew Jackson significant?

He called for the removal of all eastern Native American groups to "permanent" settlements.

Domestic Mode of Production

Family or kinship mode of production. Labor consisted of people gathering food and producing shelter for themselves and their kin.

Name the 3 Modes of Distribution

By Land, Air, or Sea.

Kula Ring Ceremony is what type of distribution?

Sea distribution

Bullet Point the 3 types of advantages

Wealth/Economics, Power, and Prestige

Name 3 Types of Societies

Egalitarian, Rank, and Class

Class Society

Unequal distribution in all three of the advantages.

Open Class System

There is a possibility of moving from one class to another.

Give an example of a Caste System

India, Brahmans and Untouchables

Who are the Untouchables and Brahmans?

Untouchables- Bottom of the hierarchy, consists of subcasts such as Camars and Bhangis.




Brahmans- Top of the hierarchy, generally cleaner work such as priests.

Slaves

A class of people who do not own their own labor or products.

Race is what kind of construct?

A subpopulation or variety of species that differ somewhat in gene frequencies from other varieties of species.

Eugenics

Reduced rates of sexual reproduction and sterilization of people with less desirable traits.

Ethnicity

A group of people emphasizing common origins, language, history, and religion.

Gender Roles

Roles that are culturally assigned to genders.

Sexual Dimorphism

A marked difference in size and appearance between males and females of a species.

Expendability Theory

The idea that men will do more dangerous work in a society because the loss of a man is not a disadvantage reproductively as a loss of a woman.

Primary Substisence

Food getting activities: Hunting, Gathering, Fishing, Herding, and Agriculture.

List one reason why men lead in politics.

War, Weaponry, Traveling the outside world.

Gender Stratification

Unequal to the three advantages by gender.

List one reason that accounts for a women's high or low status.

Depends on the society they live in.

Do men show more aggressiveness?

Yes

What is the Trobriand islanders view on premarital sex?

They approve and encouraged premarital sex, seeing it is important for preparation for marriage.

What is the Night of Saturnalia?

Some nights among the people of Papago, homosexual tendencies were allowed to be expressed.

Marriage

A socially approved sexual and economic union, usually between a male and a female.

List 1 approach that explains why marriage is universal

Gender Division of Labor, Prolonged Infant Dependency, Sexual Competition.

Bride Price

A substantial gift of goods or money given to the bride's kin by the groom or his kin before the marriage.

Where does Bride Price occur?

Occurs in Africa, Oceania, and the Philippines

Bride Service

Work performed by the groom for his bride's family for a variable amount of time before the marriage.

Where is the Incest Taboo found?

Incan and Hawaiian cultures. Best example is Cleopatra of Egypt.

List 1 theory that explains Incest Taboo.

Childhood-familiarity Theory, Family Disruption Theory, and Inbreeding Theory

Exogamy

To marry someone outside of a certain factor.
Ex: Race, Religion

Levirate

Man will marry the wife of his dead brother.

Sororate

Woman will marry the husband of her dead sister.

Palygyny

1 Man marries many women.

Sororal Palygyny

Sisters marry the same man.

Fraternal Polyandry

Brothers marry the same woman.

Bullet point the 3 Family Forms

Matrifocal


Nuclear


Extended

Where do we learn culture first?

We learn culture from our parents, schools, and other teachings.

What are some reasons to explain extended family household?

The newlyweds are put into a household with other family rather than moving into their own residence.

Strength Theory

Idea that males possess greater strength and a superior capacity to mobilize their strength in quick bursts of energy.

One-Drop Rule

A principle stating that if you had even one ancestor of African descent, you would be considered African American (This applies to other races).

Endogamy

To marry someone within a certain factor.
Ex: Race, Religion

Dowry Death burnings were caused by who?

these were caused by husbands and in-laws in order to get an increased dowry (transfer of property).

Inbreeding

To breed from family or even animals.

Matrifocal Household

This is when there is only the mother to watch over the house and the children.

Division of labor is based on what?

It is based on the four theories:
Strength


Compatibility with Childcare


Economy of Effort


Expendability



Give an example of an indirect form of forced labor.

Taxes