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    Mardu

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    hunting and gathering etc. The band was the basic economic group with a sexual division of labour and the emphasis on food sharing that together allowed more efficient resource exploitation. Important aspects of Mardu traditional culture relating to kinship‚ values and religion‚ retain their centrality. Religion. The Dreaming: That‚ what they believed in. The Dreaming is crucial because it is held to be the source of all power‚ released in the response of performance. (Source of new knowledge).

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    The descent system when kinship relationships are traced through males is called: a. Matrilineal b. Patrilineal c. Bilateral d. Parallel gendered 7. If persons inherit property from their mother’s side‚ but not their father’s side‚ the form of descent recognized in likely to be: a. Patrilineal b. Matrilineal c. Double d. Bilateral 8. Bilateral kindreds are: a. Ego focused b. Characteristic of a Filipino kinship c. Only identical

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    Essay On Hmong Families

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    Wisconsin. The Hmong are one of the newest groups of immigrants here in the United States and this specific group are refugees from Laos. The book takes a look at the details of their day to day lives. In this way we can get a better look into the Hmong kinship networks and communities. Women’s activities are also included within the study to show us the roles they play in family’s social and economic adaptation. This study helps us to see just how the Hmong see themselves adapting to this country and how

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    Btsisi Kinship

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    Btsisi Kinship Elizabeth Safady Ashford University Anthropology Instructor Reeves March 11‚ 2013 The Btsisi kinship in horticultural‚ in otherwords‚ they culitvate to produce their own food. Marriage in the Btsisi culture is arranged by the elders in the community. Marriage is extremely important‚ as it helps form alliances and create firm relationships not only outside the community‚ but inside as well. The Btsis society is made up of bands. Each band consists of a nuclear family and

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    Vietnamese people list their family name first‚ then their middle name‚ and their first name listed last. First names are not passed down and names usually have meaning. Most names are able to be used for either gender. Each family member has a designated kinship term‚ which are used when family members address one another. The Vietnamese culture is more concerned with status‚ obtained with age and educational status‚ than with wealth. Education would likely be of most importance‚ followed by age‚ then wealth

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    Political Organization

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    often exhibit a weak form of leadership due to the non-existent of rules and written laws the support their leaders. Tribes are loosely-structured anthropological political systems composed of families and other communities which are based solely on kinship. Tribes are the most basic and primitive form of political system. In tribal societies‚ the elders and the heads of the families are often the ones who lead the tribe. They are usually the ones who are sought for advice and guidance. The main difference

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    The Color of Family Ties

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    Rereading American. The essay‚ The Color of Family Ties‚ has carried on the comparison in the difference of race‚ class‚ gender and extended family involvement to Whites family‚ Blacks family and Latinos family to find their relationships between their kinships. The author has taken some data to describe the different behave of those three races to do with their kin. From the authors’ research we can see Blacks and Latinos more likely to live with kin or near kin and they contact each other more frequently

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    Bedouin of the Middle East

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    Anthropology 101 Dr. Steven Sager March 12‚ 2013 Bedouin of the Middle East In this research paper I aim to give you a better knowledge of the Bedouin of the Middle East. We will examine and explore their history‚ beliefs and values‚ their kinship systems‚ the economy‚ and sociopolitical organization. At the end of this paper you should have a basic knowledge of who the Bedouin are‚ where they come from‚ and how they live. The unit of subsistence for the Bedouin of the Middle East is best

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    Athabaskan Indians

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    Interior Indians * Located between the Brooks Range and the Alaska Range. * 11 different ethnic-linguistic groups that are further divided into regional and local bands. * Flexible and adaptive people. * Patterns of Settlement vary between sedentary to nomadic. * Population estimated to be around 11‚000. Food and Diet * The two main emphases are Salmon and Caribou. * Since the range of the Athabaskans is so great‚ the diet changes between different groups. * Beaver

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    Anthropology 101 Final Review Chapter 1: What is Anthropology? * Phenotype: refers to an organism’s evident traits‚ its “manifest biology”—anatomy and physiology. Human display hundreds of evident (detectable) physical traits. They range from skin color‚ hair form‚ eye color‚ and facial features (which are visible ) to blood groups and enzyme production (which become evident through testing) Chapter 2: Culture * Enculturation: is the process by which a child learns his or her culture

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