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1
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Four major subfields of anthropology

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Biological, cultural, archaeology, linguistic

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The domination and subjugation of Indigenous peoples by Europeans and their descendants

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Colonialism

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Four characteristics of culture

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Shared, symbolic, patterned, learned

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the belief that all people are important and have viable cultures, and that each culture must be understood in context

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Cultural relativism

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the view point that all aspects of biology and/or culture are related

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Holism

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Homo sapiens or a larger group of hominins

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Human

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Food procurement; basic food needs for survival

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Subsistence

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a physical adaptation that allows an organism to survive better in its environment

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Biological adaptation

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a belief or behaviour that allows an organism with culture (especially humans) to better thrive in their environment

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Cultural adaptation

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an cultural insider’s perspective; the perspective of the subject

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Emic

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an outsiders perspective; an objective explanation

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Etic

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The process by which a child learns his or her own culture

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Enculturation

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13
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practice of eating insects for food

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Entomophagy

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A term used to describe the geographic origin, language, and other features of a person

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Ethnicity

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The belief that others are wrong or abnormal because they are different from us

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Ethnocentrism

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The process and product of a research study in cultural anthropology

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Ethography

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17
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Something that stands for something else with little or no natural relationship to its referent; a type of sign;

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Sumbol

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Seven characteristics of the anthropological perspectie

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Holistic, comparative, evolutionary, qualitative, field-based, focused on linkages, focused on changes

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Tylor’s stages of the evolution of religion

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Animism, polytheism, monotheism

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The material remains of the human past and, in some cases, the description of the human past based on material remains

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Archaeological record

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Any location where there is physical evidence of past human activity

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Archaeological site

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any portable object showing evidence of being made or used by people

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Artifact

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a collection or gathering of things

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Assemblage

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A non-portable object or patterning created by people and recognized archaeologically, such as a fire hearth

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Feature

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Animal remains used to make inferences about paleo-environments and diets

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Faunal remains

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a discrete accumulation of refuse

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Midden

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27
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Major event in neolithic period

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First signs of domestication

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The study or the human past, but not within the framework of science or scholarly archaeology

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Pseudoarchaeology

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29
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large ice-free area connecting Asia to NW Americas during the last ice age

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Beringia

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30
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Space between two ice sheets covering most of Canada during the last ice age, providing a possible route from Beringia to south areas

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Ice-free corridor

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31
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the theory that people came down the coast of what is now Alaska and British Columbia using boats or walking along the coastline

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Costal migration route

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32
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Theory of boat travel across the North Atlantic and southward down the glacial environment of eastern Canada

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Solutrean hypothesis

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33
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Five characteristics of domesticated crops

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Larger seeds
higher yield per unit of area
loss of natural seed dispersal mechanisms,
tougher connective tissue holding seed pods to the stem,
More brittle husks

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34
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Six characteristics of animals that are suited for domestication

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Flexible diet
Fast growth
Breeds easily in captivity
Non-aggressive
Calm 
Modifiable social hierarchy
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35
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Archaeological signs of animal domestication

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Animals outside their natural range
Physical changes in animal shape and size
more complete skeletons
Abrupt increase in animal numbers in one location
Increased numbers of males killed for meat

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36
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Transforming the environment with the goal of producing food using farming and/or animal husbandry

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Food production

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A way of life that revolves around domesticating animals and herding them to pasture

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Pastoralism

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A farming technique that can support a large population using advanced tools and irrigation; also known as intensive cultivation

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Agriculture

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39
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land cultivation in small-scale farms or gardens

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Horticulture

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40
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a type of political organization found in settlements of typically from a few thousands to a tens of thousands of people, characterized by social inequality to hereditary leadership, and based on horticulture

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Chiefdom

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a settlement supporting a dense population with a centralized government, specialization, and socio-economic hierarchy

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City

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a social division that separated members of a society into two groups: also called a moiety

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Clan

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a type of political organization in a highly populated, industrial society with strong centralized government

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State

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44
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the practice of living in one place for a long time

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Sedentism

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45
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Analysis of the order and position of layers of archaeological remains

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Stratigraphy

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46
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A classification according to general type

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Typology

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47
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plant and animals remains used to make inferences about paleo-environments and diet

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Ecofacts

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48
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Dates of colonialism

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18th century to present

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49
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First farmers (Date)

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10,000 ya in neolithic period

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50
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First archaeological artifacts date back to when?

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2.5 million years ago

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51
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The study of humans through the remains of their physical activities

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Archaeology

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52
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a widely shared understanding about the world that helps us organize our experience in it; determines the metaphors used in communication

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Cultural model

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53
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Symbolic system expressing meaning through sounds or gestures

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Language

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54
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Sapir-Worf Hypothesis

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Linguistic relativity principle that says language shapes people’s perception of the world because language structures our thoughts

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Hypothesis that says language determines thought and can limit the way we think

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Linguistic determinism

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56
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Something that stands for something else

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Sign

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57
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The very specific set of non-verbal cues such as gestures, body movements, and facial expressions that is acquired by speakers of a language

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Silent language

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58
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The earliest form of religion; a belief in spiritual beings that inhabit natural objects

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Animism

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59
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Gods and goddesses

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Deities

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60
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The use of powers to contact and control supernatural forces or beings

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Magic

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Belief in a single, all-powerful deity

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Montheism

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62
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A sacred story that explains the origins of the world or people in it

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Myth

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63
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Belief in multiple gods

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Polytheistic

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64
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A full time religious practitioner

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Priest/priestess

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65
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A part time religious practitioner

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Shaman

66
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A set of beliefs and behaviours pertaining to supernatural forces or beings that transcend the observable world

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Religion

67
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Stages of rites of passage

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  1. separation
  2. transition
  3. Incorporation
68
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repetitive social symbolic practice; formal behaviour performed in sacred places at set times

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Ritual

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describes those aspects of life that are outside of a scientific understanding and that we cannot measure or test; religious

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Supernatural

70
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personified or embodied beings, such as deities or spirits, that exist beyond the observable world

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Supernatural beings

71
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personified or embodied beings, such as deities or spirits, that exist beyond the observable world

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Supernatural beings

72
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disembodied powers, such as luck, that exist beyond the observable world

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Supernatural forces

73
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sacred impersonal force that can reside in people, animals, plants, and objects; a disembodied power that exists in the world

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Mana

74
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merging different belief systems after culture contact

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Syncretism

75
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Four components of a religious belief system

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Interest in the supernatural
Use of ritual
Guided by myths
Symbolic

76
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Shaping the evolution of a species for human use

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Domestication

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Describes a society in which every member has the same access to resources and status; non-hierarchical

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Egalitarian

78
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utilization of food resources available in the environment; also known as food foraging or hunting and gathering

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Foraging

79
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Five types of food producers

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Horticulturalists
Pastoralists
Intensive agriculturalists
Industrialists

80
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A farming technique that can support a large population using advanced tools and irrigation; also known as intensive cultivation

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Agriculture

81
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o Year-round cultivation of crops for a surplus

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Intensive agriculturalists

82
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Producing food at low cost using highly mechanized technology

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Industralists

83
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Cultivation that does not make intensive use of land, labour, capital, or machinery

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Horticulture

84
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Farmers prepare a plot of land by clearing fast-growth trees and other plant material from an area and burning the debris directly in the plot

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Swidden cultivation

85
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o A social and economic obligation to distribute wealth so that no one member of a group accumulates more than anyone else

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Leveling mechanism

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a form of specialized sharing in which the value of a gift is not specified at the time of exchange, nor is the time of repayment

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Generalized reciprocity

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A form of exchange in which the value of goods is specified as well as the time frame of repayment

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Balanced reciprocity

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deceptive practice in which the exchange is unequal; an exchange in which the seller asks for more than the value of the item

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Negative reciprocity

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reallocation of goods; an economic system in which goods and money flow into a central entity, such as a governmental authority or religious institution

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Redistribution

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prices set by supply and demand

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Market exchange/economy

91
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division of tasks in a community based on sex

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Sexual division of labour

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The collective and cumulative knowledge that a group of people has gained from living in their particular ecosystem over many generations

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Traditional ecological knowledge

93
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the way in which a society gets their food

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Foodways

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descended from the same ancestors

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Consanguineal

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Related by marriage

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Affinial

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Related by blood

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Kinship

97
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a permanent social unit whose members claim common ancestry – fundamental unit of tribal societies

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Descent group

98
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only one line of descent is recognized

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Unilinear descent

99
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tracing of descent equally through both parents

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Bilateral descent

100
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In a descent tree, which is male and which is female?

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Male = triangle
Female = circle
101
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the practice of seeking a spouse within one’s own group

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Endogamous

102
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the practice of seeking a spouse outside one’s own group

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Exogamy

103
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the practice of marrying someone similar to you in terms of background, social status, aspirations, and interest

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Homogamy

104
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a residence pattern in which a husband moves to his wife’s household of orientation

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Matrilocal

105
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a residence pattern in which a wife moves to her husband’s household of orientation

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Patrilocal

106
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A residence pattern in which a husband and wife move into a new household and not into either’s household of orientation

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Neolocality

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Family pattern made up of two generations: the parents and their unmarried children

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Nuclear family

108
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A family pattern made up of three generations living together: parents, married children, and grandchildren

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Extended family

109
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family in which one is born and grows up

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Family of orientation

110
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formed through marriage and children

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Family of procreation

111
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a form of marriage compensation in which the family of the groom is required to present valuable gifts to the bride’s family

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Bride price

112
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a form of marriage compensation in which the family of the groom is required to work for the bride’s family

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Bride service

113
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a form of marriage compensation in which the family of the bride is required to present valuable gifts to the groom’s family or to the couple

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Dowry

114
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the practice of a woman having multiple husbands

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Polyandry

115
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the practice of having two or more wives at the same time

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Polygyny

116
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the practice of having two or more spouses

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Polygamy

117
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the practice of having one spouse

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Monogamy

118
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Attraction to males

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Androphilia

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Attraction to females

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Gynophilia

120
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Attraction regardless of gender

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Ambiphilia

121
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differences in male and female biology

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Sexual dimorphism

122
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culturally appropriate roles of individuals in society of different sexes and/or gender identities

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Gender roles

123
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oversimplified, strongly held ideas about characteristics associated with gender

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Gender stereotypes

124
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The hierarchical division of males and females in society

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Gender stratification

125
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a gender role accepted in some societies as combining elements of male and female genders

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Third gender

126
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a social role a person achieves due to work and opportunity

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Achieved status

127
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a social role of a person that is fixed at birth

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Ascribed status

128
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a form of social stratification based on differences in wealth and status

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Class

129
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a hierarchical system based on birth; most commonly associated with Hindu India

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Caste

130
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a political system with a centralized governing body that has power and authority to govern

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Centralized system

131
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a political system with no centralized governing body in which decisions are made by the community

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Decentralized system

132
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power based in fear, suppression of free will use of punishment, threat

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Coercive power

133
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power based in the ability to convince

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Persuasive power

134
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The deliberate representation of particular identities as if they were the result of biology or nature

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Naturalising discourses

135
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The apparent or real dominance of men and subordinate status of women in society

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Gender discrimination

136
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The way a society maintains order internally and manages affairs externally

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Political organization

137
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a type of political organization with a decentralized power structure, often seen among horticulturalists or pastoralists; decentralized power, big man

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Tribe

138
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a small egalitarian society of food foragers who live and travel together; decentralized power

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Band

139
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a type of political organization found in settlements of typically a few thousand to tens of thousands of people, characterized by social inequality and hereditary leadership, and based on horticulture; centralized power, chief

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Chiefdom

140
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a type of political organization found in settlements of typically a few thousand to tens of thousands of people, characterized by social inequality and hereditary leadership; centralized power, industrial food production

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State

141
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The ability to compel another person to do something that he or she would not do otherwise

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Power

142
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the positive reputation or high regard of a person or other entity merited by actions, wealth, authority, or status

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Prestige

143
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having legitimate power by law

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Authority

144
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the ability of members of society to rise in social class

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Social mobility

145
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the ranking of members of a society into a hierarchy

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Social stratification

146
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subordinate groups with less power and less secure access to resources than majority groups

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Minority groups

147
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superordinate, dominant, or controlling groups

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Majority groups

148
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a term used to describe varieties or subspecies of a species; inaccurately used to refer to human differences - cultural and not biological

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Race

149
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Phenomenon wherein children of a union between members of different groups are automatically placed in the minority group

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Hypodescent

150
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Racist categorization of humans into taxonomically different species by race

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Human species according to Linneaus (1758)

151
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deliberate elimination of a group through mass murder

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Genocide

152
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destruction of an ethnic group’s culture

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Cultural genocide

153
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The ability of the economy to support indefinite growth while ensuring a minimum quality of life for all members of society

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Economic sustainability

154
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the integration of economic, social, political, and geographic boundaries and processed

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Globalization

155
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Pros of globalization (8)

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  • Free trade
  • Economic growth
  • Competition drops prices
  • Brings money/tech to poor countries
  • Widespread markets
  • Spread of information
  • Cultural intermingling
  • Increased rate of travel
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Cons of globalization

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  • Money gap increases
  • Lots of trade barriers
  • Jobs shift to lower paying nations
  • Tax havens
  • Social injustices
  • Corporate involvement in politics
  • Increased global inequality
  • Spread of disease (eg. HIV)
157
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Selling ownership of public resources to private companies

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Privatization

158
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The ability of social systems (such as families, communities, regions, or nations) to provide for the needs of their people so that they can attain a stable and healthy standard of living

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Social sustainability

159
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Three pillars of sustainability

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Environmental, social, economic

160
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The idea that individual actors sharing a natural resource will inevitably act in their own best interest, eventually depleting the resource

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Tragedy of the commons

161
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Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

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Sustainability

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The collective and cumulative knowledge that a group of people has gained over many generations living in their particular ecosystem

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Traditional Ecological Knowledge

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