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Test 3
Fichas del conjunto (51)
- 1Kinshipthe complex system of culturally defined social relationships based on marriage and birth
- 2affinityrelationships through marriage
- 3consanguinityrelationships by blood
- 4descenta kinship rule that ties people together on the basis of reputed common ancestry
- 5patrilineal descenta descent rule linking consanguine relatives together through males only
- 6matrilineal descenta descent rule linking relatives together through females only
- 7bilateral descenta descent rule linking relatives together through both males and females simultaneously
- 8descent groupsgroups based on a descent rule
- 9lineagea localized group based on unilineal(patrilineal or matrilineal) descent and usually has corp. powers
- 10clana descent group based on a unilineal rule of descent composed of lineages; cannot always trace genealogical relationships to all others
- 11phatrieslarge unilineal kin groups made of clans
- 12familykin group of at least one married couple w/ children; sexual, reproductive, econ, educational functions
- 13nuclear familyfamily consisting of just one married couple and their kids
- 14extended familyfamily made up of two or more married couples and their kids
- 15marriagethe socially approved union of two people that confers sexual rights and legitimizes kids
- 16exogamymarriage outside of a specific group
- 17endogamymarriage within a specified group
- 18monogamymarriage in which one man is married to one woman
- 19polygamymarriage one person married to multiple people simultaneously
- 20polygnymarriage in which one man is married to two or more women
- 21polyandrymarriage in which one woman is married to two or more men
- 22incest tabooa legal rule that prohibits sexual intercourse or marriage between particular classes of kin
- 23genderwhat it means to be male or female in a particular culture
- 24sexual culturethe system of cultural meanings about sexuality
- 25religionthe cultural knowledge of the supernatural that people use to cope with the ultimate problems of human existence
- 26supernaturalthe realm beyond people's normal experience
- 27ultimate problemslife's meaning, death, evil, and transcendent values
- 28transcendent valuesvalues that override people's individual goals and desires
- 29personified supernatural forcesupernatural power that resides in supernatural beings like deities, ghosts, other spirits
- 30manaimpersonal supernatural force that is free- floating and capable of inhabiting many diff things
- 31magicstrategies that people use to control supernatural force to gain a desired end
- 32sorcerythe malevolent use of magic
- 33witchcraftlabel of the activities of people who possess supernatural power used for evil
- 34prayera petition directed at a supernatural being
- 35sacrificethe act of giving up something valuable to influence supernatural beings
- 36spirit possessionwhen a supernatural being enters an individual and controls that person's behavior
- 37divinationthe use of supernatural force associated with material objects to provide answers to particular questions
- 38shamansreligious specialists who are believed to control supernatural power
- 39priestsreligious specialists who mediate between people and the supernatural
- 40worldviewa system of concepts and often unstated assumptions about life
- 41cosmologythe cultural views about the nature of the world
- 42mythologythe cultural views about how the world came to be the way it is
- 43revitalization movementsto "deliberate organized conscious efforts by members of a society to construct a more satisfying culture
- 44cultural diffusionthe passage of a cultural category, culturally defined behavior, or culturally produced artifact from one society to another by borrowing
- 45cultural hybridizationthe process by which a cultural custom, item, or concept is transformed to fit the cultural concept of a society that borrows it
- 46globalizationthe process that promotes economic, political, and other cultural connections among people living all over the world
- 47multiculturalmore than one culture
- 48refugeespeople who flee their country of origin because of a well- founded fear of persecution
- 49tourismtravel by individuals or groups of people to areas outside of their immediate home for recreation or interest
- 50transnationalacross national borders
- 51world systemthe economic incorporation of diff parts of the world into a system based on capitalism not politics