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Unit 2 Test: Overall Questions Flashcards

1
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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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2
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What is polygamy?

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More than one spouse

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3
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Where is Bountiful?

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In south east corner of BC

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4
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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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5
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What is a polyamorous marriage?

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Union between three or more consenting adults.

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6
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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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7
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What is a Taboo that all cultures have.

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Incest taboo

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8
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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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9
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What percentage of canadian families are nuclear?

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53%

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10
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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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11
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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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12
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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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13
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Why do we have last names?

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To track people

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14
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What is social stratification based on?

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  • Wealth
  • Power
  • Prestige
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15
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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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16
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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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17
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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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18
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What are the origins of stratification?

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Hunter, gather and fisher societies.

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19
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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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20
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When did industrialized societies begin?

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Mid 1700’s

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21
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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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22
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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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23
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What are the causes of slavery?

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  • Debt
  • Crime
  • Prisoners of war
  • Beliefs of inherent superiority
24
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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
25
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Who were the first indentured servants?

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The irish

26
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What are specific examples of modern day slavery?

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  • Migrant workers
  • Sex trafficking
27
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What are the 3 stages of a rite of passage?

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  1. Seperation
  2. Transition
  3. Reintergration
28
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What is a rite of passage for men?

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Circumcision

29
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What does a circumcision represent?

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  • Act of rebirth
  • Strength (accepting pain without flinching)
  • Becoming a man/manhood
  • Eligible for marriage
30
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What is a rite of passage for women?

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First menstrual cycle

31
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What does our first menstrual cycle represent?

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  • Going from girl to women
  • Religious ritual
  • Test of strength
32
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What are rites of passages that you go through?

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  • Baptism
  • Sweet sixteen
  • High school transition
  • Prom
  • Wedding
  • Retirement
  • Funeral
33
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What is the caste system?

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  • A system where your status is ascribed at birth.
34
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Where is the caste system popular? (location)

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Asia and India

35
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What is an affirmative action?

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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

36
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What are the 2 types of stratification systems?

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Open and closed.

37
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What is an open stratification system?

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  • Merit
  • Equal opportunity
  • High social mobility
  • Can move up or down in status
38
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What is a closed stratification system?

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  • Inheritance determines social rank
  • Change is minimal
39
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Why would there be an increase in inequality in Canada? (examples)

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  • Unemployment
  • Part time & temporary work
  • Income and wealth
    Inequality
40
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Why would there be a decrease in inequality in Canada?

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Self employed

41
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How many billionaires are in Canada?

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53

42
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What is the distribution of wealth in Canada? (percent wise)

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The top 20% hold 70% of Canada’s wealth.

43
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What’s an example of the gender divide.

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Females earn less than males in all occupations.

44
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What are systemic discrimination examples?

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  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.
45
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What is diaspora?

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  • The dispersion or spread of a people from their original homeland.
  • Displaced communities.
46
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What are the 5 types of diaspora?

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  • Victim
  • Labour and Imperial
  • Trade
  • Homeland
  • Deterritorialized
47
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Who was responsible for the Armenian Genocide?

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The Ottoman Empire.

48
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What did African traders trade?

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People for firearms.

49
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What is cultural transmission?

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  • The way a group of people within a culture or society tend to learn or pass on new information.
  • Learned through experience and participation.
50
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How is information passed onto you?

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By observing and participating

51
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Choosing where you live is an example of what transmission?

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Direct

52
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Copying your sibling is an example of what type of transmission?

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Indirect

53
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What is vertical transmission?

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Between parents and offspring.

54
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What is horizontal transmission?

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Between peers within the same age group.

55
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What is Oblique transmission?

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Between older and younger individuals.

56
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Girl guides is am example of _____________?

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Enculturation (acquiring your own culture)

57
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Gift exchanges are a _________ meaning?

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Symbolic

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