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21 Cards in this Set
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Achieved Status
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A social status which is earned rather than received.
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Ascribed Status
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A social status that people are given.
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Assimilation
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When a minority group is incorporated into a larger culture, both are affected.
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Colonialism
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An all encompassing domination of a territory when a foreign power comes in.
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Descent
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Role assigning based on ancestry
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Discrimination
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Practices which harm a group.
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Ethnic group
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A group distinguished by cultural and physical similarities
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Ethnicity
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Identification with an ethnic group
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Hypo-descent
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Forces children of parents of mixed social standings to join the lower of the classes.
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Multiculturalism
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The belief that having many cultures and ethnicities is a good thing.
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Nation
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A state where an ethnic group resides
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Nationalities
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Ethnic groups that have or once had autonomous political status within a country.
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Nation-state
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An autonomous political entity, a country.
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Phenotype
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The physical characteristics of a race or species
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Plural Society
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A society that combines ethnic contrasts and economic differences.
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Prejudice
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Looking down on a group.
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Race
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An ethnic group assumed to have a biological basis.
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Racism
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Discrimination against a race.
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State
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An independent unit which administers a territory and population.
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Status
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A position which determines where someone stands in society.
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Stratified
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Society where there are marked differences in social classes.
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