Contemporary Issues that Bolstered Popular Culture Flashcards
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group of people in a society with the same socioeconomic status
social class
3 social classes:
lower class
middle or working class
upper class
people who live along or below the poverty line
lower class
people who live along or beyond the poverty line
middle class or working class
people who live beyond the poverty like
upper class
the most famous social class system
indian caste system
the first group in the indian caste system is dedicated to what?
the service of the nobility and divine
brahmins (priests)
khsatriyas (warriors)
vaishyas (merchants, landowners)
the second group in the indian caste system is dedicated to what?
the service of the common folk
shudras (servants)
untouchables (cobblers, street sweepers, latrine cleaners)
enumeration:
the pre-colonial filipino caste
datu and babaylan
maharlika
maginoo
timawa
aliping namamahay
aliping saguiguilid
highest position that leads the barangay
datu
the highest religious position covered by filipino women and homosexual men
babaylan
feudal lords who agreed to band with each other as an unbreakable alliance
maharlika
western counterpart of maharlika
nobility
group of people that served under the maharlika as their vassals
maginoo
western counterpart of maginoo
gentry
these are simply people who lived freely and in the service of the land
ordinary folk, scholars, and merchants
timawa
the lowest major caste in the pre-colonial filipino caste system
alipin
they serve as workers of the land, similar to peasants in westerm feudal classes
aliping namamahay
they are the lowest of the low because they represent actual slaves
aliping saguiguilid
an incentivized system wherein each casta pays taxes based on their racial heritage
casta system
these were spaniards that came from the iberian peninsula
exempted from paying taxes
peninsulares
theses were spaniards born from the american colonies such as mexico, puerto rico, and cuba
exempted from paying taxes
americanos
these were the natural-born filipinos with pure spanish blood
exempted from paying taxes
insulares
these composed of the tornatras, de espanol, de bombay, de sangley
mestizaje