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Anthro Exam two
Chapter Six
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
03/02/2010

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Politics
Definition
the public use of power and authority
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Power
Definition
the ability to exert your will over other, EX: influence such as physical abuse
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Authority
Definition
socially approved power
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Bands
Definition
typically foragers. They have situational leaders, but no government or laws. Ex: the san and the Inuit, “Reciprocity”
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Tribes
Definition
Usually pastoralists or horticulturists, no government or leagal system, use kinship, age and sex for their political organization, live in villages (unless they are nomadic pastoralists. EX: Yanomamo and the Maasai.
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Chiefdoms
Definition
developed about 7000 years ago, based on horticulture, pastoralism, or preindustrial agriculture, no government, chief has authority over a set of territory and inherits his position. Redistribution, sumptuary rules and religion backed the chief’s power
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