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What are the four basic residence patterns? (location wise)

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Patrilocal, matrilocal, ambilocal and neolocal.

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What is polygamy?

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More than one spouse

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Where is Bountiful?

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In south east corner of BC

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Explain what Bountiful is?

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A community that consists of many women and their children. Their kids all have the same father Winston Blackmoore.

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What is a polyamorous marriage?

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Union between three or more consenting adults.

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What group is an example of a co-marriage? (Indigenous)

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The Inupiat of Northern Alaska

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What is a Taboo that all cultures have.

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Incest taboo

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What are the 6 family types?

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  • Nuclear
  • Single parent
  • Extended
  • Childless
  • Blended families
  • Grandparent families
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What percentage of canadian families are nuclear?

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53%

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Why might you have an “extended” family type?

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  • Economics (nursing homes are expensive, cost of living is high)
  • Health
  • Divorce
  • Migration (custom to live together)
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What are the two types of kinship relations?

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Consanguineal (by blood) and affinal (by marriage).

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What are the 3 types of descents?

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  • Unilineal (mother OR father)
  • Matrilineal (exclusively mother)
  • Patrilineal (exclusively father)
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Why do we have last names?

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To track people

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What is social stratification based on?

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  • Wealth
  • Power
  • Prestige
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What are some hierarchies that exist in society?

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  • Age
  • Gender
  • Race
  • Wealth
  • Education
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What are negative impact of hierarchies?

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  • Taking advantage of power
  • Divides people
  • Voices of the minority are NOT heard.
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What are positive impacts of hierarchies?

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  • Age: parents are just trying to protect their kids.
  • Clear lines of authority.
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What are the origins of stratification?

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Hunter, gather and fisher societies.

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What are pastoral and horticultural societies

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  • People who raise crops.
  • Farmers.
  • Depends on animals for transportation
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When did industrialized societies begin?

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Mid 1700’s

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When did the improvement of working conditions start and why?

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In the mid 1900’s because of unions.

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What are the 3 main examples of modern slavery?

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  • Debt bondage
  • Indentured servitude
  • Domestic servant kept in captivity
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What are the causes of slavery?

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  • Debt
  • Crime
  • Prisoners of war
  • Beliefs of inherent superiority
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What is indentured servitude?

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  • Agreement to sell self for a set period of time
  • Common practice in colonies of the New World 17th & 18th centuries
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Who were the first indentured servants?
The irish
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What are specific examples of modern day slavery?
- Migrant workers - Sex trafficking
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What are the 3 stages of a rite of passage?
1. Seperation 2. Transition 3. Reintergration
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What is a rite of passage for men?
Circumcision
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What does a circumcision represent?
- Act of rebirth - Strength (accepting pain without flinching) - Becoming a man/manhood - Eligible for marriage
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What is a rite of passage for women?
First menstrual cycle
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What does our first menstrual cycle represent?
- Going from girl to women - Religious ritual - Test of strength
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What are rites of passages that you go through?
- Baptism - Sweet sixteen - High school transition - Prom - Wedding - Retirement - Funeral
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What is the caste system?
- A system where your status is ascribed at birth.
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Where is the caste system popular? (location)
Asia and India
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What is an affirmative action?
Affirmative action involves sets of policies and practices within a government or organization seeking to include particular groups based on their gender, race, sexuality, creed or nationality in areas in which such groups are underrepresented
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What are the 2 types of stratification systems?
Open and closed.
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What is an open stratification system?
- Merit - Equal opportunity - High social mobility - Can move up or down in status
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What is a closed stratification system?
- Inheritance determines social rank - Change is minimal
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Why would there be an increase in inequality in Canada? (examples)
- Unemployment - Part time & temporary work - Income and wealth Inequality
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Why would there be a decrease in inequality in Canada?
Self employed
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How many billionaires are in Canada?
53
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What is the distribution of wealth in Canada? (percent wise)
The top 20% hold 70% of Canada’s wealth.
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What's an example of the gender divide.
Females earn less than males in all occupations.
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What are systemic discrimination examples?
1. Landlord puts some people in apartments that need fixing - “Better units should be kept for Canadians” 2. Pay inequality between men and women 3. 1997 Canadian Human Rights Tribunal – Health Canada and its employees.
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What is diaspora?
- The dispersion or spread of a people from their original homeland. - Displaced communities.
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What are the 5 types of diaspora?
- Victim - Labour and Imperial - Trade - Homeland - Deterritorialized
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Who was responsible for the Armenian Genocide?
The Ottoman Empire.
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What did African traders trade?
People for firearms.
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What is cultural transmission?
- The way a group of people within a culture or society tend to learn or pass on new information. - Learned through experience and participation.
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How is information passed onto you?
By observing and participating
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Choosing where you live is an example of what transmission?
Direct
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Copying your sibling is an example of what type of transmission?
Indirect
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What is vertical transmission?
Between parents and offspring.
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What is horizontal transmission?
Between peers within the same age group.
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What is Oblique transmission?
Between older and younger individuals.
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Girl guides is am example of _____________?
Enculturation (acquiring your own culture)
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Gift exchanges are a _________ meaning?
Symbolic

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