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Authority and Power
Political Organization
Kinship and Descent
Marriage
Plural Marriage
100
Power
What is having influence or control over the behavior of others
100
Exclusively practices hunting and gathering (foraging)
What is a band
100
A social rule that assigns identity to a person based on his or her ancestry
What is descent
100
A publicly recognized social or legal union between two people
What is marriage
100
When one person is married to two or more other persons
What is polygamy
200
Authority
What is the right granted to exercise power
200
Leadership rests in institutions and offices
What is a State
200
The ways in which people selectively interpret the common human experiences of reproduction and nurturance.
What is kinship
200
Prohibitions against marriage found in every culture of the world
What are incest taboos
200
Polyandry
What is the marriage of a women to multiple (more than one) men
300
The use of words, relationships and actions that influence others
What is persuasive power
300
Political power is inherited
What is a Chiefdom
300
Social rule by men
What is patriarchy
300
Brideservice
What is the groom working for the bride's kin for a certain period of time before or after marriage
300
Represents wealth and often brings prestige
What is a result/outcome of a plural marriage
400
Fines or punishments given out for breaking official rules
What are negative formal sanctions
400
Division of labor based upon kinship, gender and age
What is a Tribe
400
Kinship is said to exist equally through both the mother's and father's line
What is bilateral descent
400
Bride's family providing resources, wealth or gifts to the groom and his family upon marriage
What is dowry
400
Form of marriage exchange practiced here in Senegal
What is polygyny
500
Positive or negative actions or words used to shape behavior
What are informal sanctions
500
Decentralized power, based on kinship and charisma
What is a Tribe
500
It helps with inheritance and territory distribution, but also helps regulate conflict
What is kinship
500
Primarily in today's world, a social, economic and political connection between two families rather than the free choice of two individuals
What is marriage
500
A people group living in the Himalayas of Tibet and Nepal
Who practices the marriage exchange of polyandry