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Infantcide

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the killing of babies (usually women). Done mostly by horticultural societies.

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Shamanism

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people who enjoyed special powers because of a relationship they have established with the spirit world. (medicine man). Mostly in Hunters and Gatherers societies.

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Animism

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the belief that every object has a spirit. Mostly in horticultural societies.

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Hereditary nobility

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inheriting noble status from family. Mostly in horticultural societies.

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Swidden

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an area of land cleared for cultivation by slashing and burning vegetation. Mostly in horticultural societies.

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Regicide

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the act of killing a king.

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Egalitarianism

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characterized by relative equality among members of a group.

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Foraging

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to search/obtain food or provisions.

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Metallurgy

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the branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals and their production and purification.

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Taxonomy

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the classification of something, usually organisms

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Tabula Rosa

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(blank state). The belief that children were infinitely malleable through education and socialization.

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Hybridity

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A society that relies about equally on two or more of the basic modes of subsistence.

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Socialization

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the lifelong process through which individuals learn to become functional members of their society.

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Stratification

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class or status differentiation within a population; hence, inequality.

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Endogamy

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the custom of marrying only within the limits of a community, clan, or tribe.

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Exogamy

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the custom of marrying outside a community, clan, or tribe.

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Monogamy

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marriage but with one person at a time.

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Economic Surplus

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production that exceeds what is needed to keep the producers of essential goods and services alive and productive.

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Ageism

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prejudice or discrimination on the basis of a person’s age.

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Big Societies

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modern societies that have governments and people are strangers to each other.

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Slash and burn

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a farming method that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest or woodland to create a field called a Swidden.

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Le virate marriage

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is a type of marriage in which the brother of a deceased man is obliged to marry his brother’s widow.

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Ceremonial Cannibalism

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???

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Polyandry

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multiple husbands

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polygyamy

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more than 1 wife

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polity

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empathy

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exogamy

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marry within your race

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endogamy

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marry outside your race

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Socialization

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the lifelong process through which individuals learn to become functional members of their society

30
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protestant work ethic

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the view that a person’s duty is to achieve success through hard work and thrift, such success being a sign that one is saved.

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Lessons from old people in hunters and gatherers

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raise kids
health
treat elders
wisdom

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“big societies” mentioned by Jared Diamond in the movie watched.

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???

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Distinctions between hunters and horticulturists

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Permanent housing, social stratification,domestication of plants and animals, settling, foraging

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What can we learn from hunters and gatherers elders?

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Raising kids, health, how to treat elders, wisdom

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Division of labor

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???

36
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Horticulture synonyms

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gardening, landscaping, cultivation

37
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Material poverty and life course

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Material poverty is the lack of sufficient material means to meet basic needs.

38
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African countries mentioned in the movie

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???