Chapter 3 Flashcards
Band
Small group of foragers where labour is divided according to sex and social relations are highly egalitarian
Capitalism
System dominated by a supply and demand market design to create capital and profit
Colonialism
Culture domination of a people by larger wealthier powers
Chiefdom
Where chief and the close relatives are set apart from the rest of society and allowed privledge access to wealthier power prestige
Cultural Area
Region where cultural traditions share similar cultural traits
Cultural Traits
Particular features of partial cultural traditions, dance, music, ritual, style of pottery
Decolonization
The withdrawal of colonial power from territory that had been under it’s control
Historical Particularism
Study of cultures in their own historical contexts
Imperialism
Where 1 country controls other less powerful one’s through colonication (by military force)
Neocolonialism
Econimic ties linking formal colonial territories to former colonial rulers
Political Economy
Organized around material interests that are protected and enhances through use of power
Small-Scale Society
Small community usually held together by family
Social Forms
Conforming collective ways of interacting with our surrounds and the people we encounter
Social Structure
Enduring aspect of social forms in a society
State
Stratified society controlled by formal government
