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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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    Tikopia of Melanesia

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    Tikopia of Melanesia Roel Sonnen ANT101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Instructor Tawney Townsend December 13‚ 2010 Tikopia of Melanesia Orientation Identification. The name "Tikopia" (sometimes written "Tucopia" by early European voyagers)‚ given to a small Island in the Solomon group‚ is also applied by the inhabitants to themselves. The expression‚ glossed as "we‚ the Tikopia‚" is commonly used to differentiate themselves from the people of other islands in the Solomons and

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    Marriage of convenience- A marriage or joint undertaking arranged for political‚ economic‚ or social benefit rather than from personal attachment. Elope- to run off secretly to be married‚ usually without the consent or knowledge of one’s parents. kinship term Manogamy - single marriage of one man and one woman. polygamy- The practice or custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time. polygyny- which a man has more than one wife. polyandry-which a woman has more than one husband

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    relationship is an example of:: a. b. c. d. e. 6. Ted and Cindy are married. Last year‚ the couple adopted 7-year-old Gregory. Together‚ Ted‚ Cindy and Gregory make up a(n): a. b. c. d. 7. extended family family bilineal system of kinship both “a” and “b” Khyliani is a woman that is married to four

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    the fourteenth or fifteenth century in Italy to describe the dishonest custom of selecting papal relatives to office – generally illegitimate sons who were often depicted as their “nephews”. Today nepotism can be defined as “a favoritism based on kinship” and from a business aspect many see it as hiring a relative who is incredibly inept and unskilled. Many see hiring a relative – qualified or not - as nepotism‚ while in reality there are many practices today that can technically fall under the

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    Kinship and Politics

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    How do these texts illustrate the relationship between kinship and politics? In Greek Mythology‚ the power of right is passed by kinship in generations‚ and people’s belief in gods leads their life and their acts show gods’ will. In the meanwhile‚ politics originally indicates certain relationships are between politics and groups of individuals. Moreover‚ politics is always referred to methods‚ including the purpose and the use of power‚ for addressing impacts on the tendency of those individuals’

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