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Vocab 2 Flashcards

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1
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the relationships of groups within a society that hold it together

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social structure

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elaborations and meanings assigned by cultures to the biological differentiation of the sexes

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gender

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process whereby culture is transmitted from one generation to the next

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enculturation

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relatives by marriage or law

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affinal kin

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relatives by birth, “blood relatives”

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consanguineal kin

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marriages within a particular group/category

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endogamy

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marriage outside the group/category

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exogamy

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marriage where a person has one spouse at a time

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monogamy

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person is married to more than one person at a time

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polygamy

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man having several wives at same time

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polygyny

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compensation paid by groom/his family to bride’s family upon marriage

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bride price

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period of time after marriage where the groom works for the bride’s family

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bride service

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payment of a woman’s inheritance at the time of marriage, either to her or husband

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dowry

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married couple lives close to husband’s father’s relatives

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patrilocal residence

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married couple lives close to wife’s relatives

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matrilocal residence

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married couple establish household apart from relatives

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neolocal residence

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relationship that uses kinship terms but people involved aren’t necessarily related by blood/marriage

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fictive kin

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descent traced through female line

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matrilineal descent

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descent traced through male line

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patrilineal descent

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recognizing family as genetically close relatives (not in-laws) through both sexes

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bilateral descent

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corporate descent group composed of consanguineal kin who trace descent to a common ancestor

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lineage

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noncorporate descent group claiming descent from a common ancestor without knowing genealogical links

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clan

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aspects of society specifically concerned with the management of society’s public policy

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political organization

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externalized social controls designed to encourage conformity to social norms

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sanctions

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one by which goods are produced, distributed, and consumed, determines one’s access to natural resources

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economic system

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inheritance practice where the first born inherits majority of whatever is being passed down

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primogeniture

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