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functionalism

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societal stability

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canton

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4 different states with different languages-dutch, french, romance, and german

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1834

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trail of tears

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becons rebellion

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fought in jamestwon against plantation owner, white people got land as a compramise to stop, black people didnt

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proclamation of emancapation

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1863, slaves were freed

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what state used to be its own country? what was it called?

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Texas, republic of texas

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Bracero program

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allows immigrants to help work when we need them

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apartheid

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discrimination of black people

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what is the second type of black perosn

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zulu

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rodney king

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similar to george floyd, black person beat by cops

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anti defamation league

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fights against anti semitism and other discrimination

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afrocentric schools

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private schools for african american kids to learn about their culture

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red lining

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circling minority neighborhoods and charging them for more insurance

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how many people are living under poverty

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12%

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white flight

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white people leaving cities to surburbs

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relative poverty

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has very little income, a house, necessities, and represents the majority of people in poverty

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market basket

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enough items to have 2000 calories, daily for three years

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SNAP

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supplemental nutrutional assistant program (food stamps)

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poverty alleviation program

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est 1996, for 5 years, or 60 months. provides food stamps, medicaid, rental and heating assitance and welfare payment

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social capital

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the social status you inherit from famly

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social mobility

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changing yiur social status by either moving up or down it. Getting a degree, married, or losing your job, dropping out, etc

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monarchy

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one leader doing whatever they want. constitutional

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NGO

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non governmental organization. Ex: red cross

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voter apathy

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people who dont vote

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electoral college
how many voters in each state
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lobbyist
influences givernment
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political action committee(PAC)
poeple who buy polititions
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capitalism
means of production owned by private sector, pursuit of personal profit, laizze fiarre, supply and demand
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socialism
collective ownership of means of production, prsuit of collective goals, government controled
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civil religion
talking about God in countries, ex: pleadge of alliegence mentioning God, in God we trust, just talking about God without naming religions
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who produced the steam engine
james watt
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what happened as a result of mass production
the gap between rich and poor widens
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4 types of religion
Animism, worships animals (native american) monotheism- one God, polytheism- multiple Gods, transcendal idealism-no God, (budhism)
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Nirvana
Heaven you can reach by getting rid of greed. if you reach nirvana you cant be reincarnated
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white collar crime
costs society more, difficult to prove
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occupational crime
embezzlment, theft, fraud, insider trading. Benifets individuals
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coorperate crime
a crime on behalf of a coorperation. ex: dumping waste into a river, pollution, false advertisements, unlawful practice. benifets coorperations
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organized crime
drugs, cartels, japanese mafia
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juvinile delinquincy
a criminal under 18. case is heard in juvinile court, unless its a very serious crime
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suspended sentence
a probation that turns into a worse sentence if broken
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parole
after prison, a time period that you cant commit a crime after release
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recidivision
committing more crimes, a relapse
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retrospective labelling
he has done it before he gets caught
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projecting
saying he wont change after getting labelled
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detterne
advertising peoples sentences to deter others who might commit the same crimes
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incapatation
keeping criminals inside prison to protect society
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retribution
take revenge on criminal by socirty
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2 reaons different classes commit crimes
poor people dont have enough, rich people dont think they have enough
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family of orientation
family by choice
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family of procreation
born into family
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bigamy marraige
one husband, many wives
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polygmany
marraige of more than two
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homogamy
same race marraige
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exogamy
different race marraige
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serial monogamy
divorcing and remarrying over and over
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dowry
a prize that comes with a wife the groom gets
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single hood
having children but no spouse
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blended family
family with step siblings, parents, etc
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alimony
child support and wife support that the father pays
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palimony
child and husband support that the mother pays
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interstate compact
gets called on deadbeat dads
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talcot parsons
trying to create a grand theory in which everything in life is one theory
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6 parts of funtionalist theory
, reproduction, socialization, protection, sexual needs, affection and companionship, provisions of social status (class)
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engels
wife sells herslef for life, prostitute sells herself for a few hours
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manifest function
going to college with the intention of meeting a spouse
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latent
keeping students out of the work force
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conflict theory
unequal education based on property tax
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school vouchers
governement gives moeny to parents in bad school districts to send their kids to better schools
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bestowal status
phd, md, that kinda thing
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difference between sex and gender
sex is biological, gender is social
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ERA
equal rights ammendment, every man and women are created equal
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lily led better
illegal gender pay gap that people found loopholes in
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1848
seneca falls, gathering to demand womens rights
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how much is the gender pay gap
man 1$ is womens .82 c
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glass ceiling
a limit women cant break
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mommy track
the thought that a women eomployee could get pregnat so she doesnt get hired
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second shift
a housewifes unpaid labour
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honor killing
men killing women who dishonor their families
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sati
when a husband dies, so his wife jumps into a fire to die to prove her loyalty
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demography
studying population. estamtaed by birthrate, deathrate, and migration rate
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when does infant mortality end
age 1
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what does infant mortality indicate
the health systems in a country
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fecundity
ages women can have children
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Thomas Malthus
theory of population
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positive checks
wars, famine, diseases
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preventative checks
abstinance, postponing marraige
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green revolution
using science to produce food
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neo malthusian
small families+family planning
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marxian theory
the problem isnt overpopulation, it is unequal distribution of wealth
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food desert
no healthy grocery stores in a populated area
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what does a surplus of population lead to
not enough jobs for everyone
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global stratification
countries are divided by rich and poor. some have very high standards of living, others dont
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world bank, IMF, UN
lend money to poor cpuntires
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OPEC
controls oil prices
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modernazation theory
if poor countries want to develop, they need to do what developed ones are doing, but they dont have the money to do them.
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demonstration effect
rich countries showing off for poor countries
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dependancy theory
poor countries depend on rich countries resources
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pablo escobar
illegally got money, and gave back to his community, and in return they portected him
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semi perphercy
socialist, secind world country
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periphercy poor
3rd world country
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