Exam 3 Flashcards

(44 cards)

1
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Levirate

A

forced marriage of a widow to the brother of her deceased husband

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2
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Sorority

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a husband engages in marriage or sexual relations with the sister of his wife, usually after the death of his wife or if his wife has proven infertile

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3
Q

most common unilinear system

A

Iroquois

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4
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Hawaiin

A

All cousins are siblings and aunts/uncles are mom and dad

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5
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Endogamy

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Marriage within a particular group or category of individuals

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6
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Dry lands

A

18% land space, 4% world’s population

arid regions/deserts on west coasts

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7
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Tropical Forest Lands

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1% land, 4% population

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8
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Mid-latitude mixed forest lands

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7% land, 43% population

mid-latitude regions on west coasts

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9
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Mid-latitude mixed forest lands

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7% land, 43% population

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10
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What has the largest portion of the world’s population?

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Mid-latitude mixed forest lands

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11
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Grasslands

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19% land, 6% population

lands between forests and deserts

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12
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Boreal Forest lands

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10% land, 1% population

northern hemisphere north of mixed forest lands and grasslands

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13
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Polar Lands

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16% land, handful population

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14
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Mountain Lands

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12% land, 12% population

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15
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Clan

A

extended unilinear kinship group whose members have a common descent from a remote ancestor

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16
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Phratry

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Unilineal descent group composed of at least two clans that supposedly share a common ancestor

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17
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What did Margaret Mead do?

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examined the relationship of culture to sex roles

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18
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Mead concluded what?

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that sex roles are culturally produced

19
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What did Ruth Benedict do?

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Identified ideal personality types which link individuals and culture

20
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What did the Six Cultures Project examine?

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child-rearing patterns in 6 diverse cultures

21
Q

Kenya

A

fear/physical punishment

22
Q

Okinawa

A

praise to obtain desired behavior

23
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Philippines

A

mothers warm and indulgent

24
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India

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mothers rarely cuddle or kiss children

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Malinowski and Freud
Oedipus conflict not supported among Trobriand Islanders | Tension between son and mother's bride
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Mead's Coming of Age in Samoa
Free love is condoned with an absence of adolescent...
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Ruth Benedict and Jane Murphy
Benedict's psychiatric relativism | Murphy's "Psychiatric Labeling in Cross-Cultural Perspective
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Walter Goldschmidt
selected 4 groups: Kamba, Hehe, Sebei, Pokot
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Goldschmidt's conclusions
economic pursuits influence the values and dimensions of human personality
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George Foster
Image of Limited Good
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Image of Limited Good
common perception of world | peasant's view world as finite with limited resources
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Hunting and gathering:
group marriage
33
Horticultural
polyandry
34
Pastoral
polygyny
35
Agricultural
monogamy
36
Endogamy
descent theory
37
Exogamy
alliance theory
38
who uses the dowry system
Europe and Asia
39
who uses bride price
Middle East ad Africa
40
kin term example
uncle
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kin type example
mother's brother
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what has no irrigation
horticulture
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the tribes of Israel are what group
phratries
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what cover most of earth's surface
grasslands