Anthroplogy Final
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Social Classes
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-a system of social stratification based on income or possession of wealth and resources.
-Social mobility is possible in a class system -
Caste
2 - -assignment at birth to the ranked social or occupational groups of parents
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Means of Production
3 - -materials such as land, machines, or tools that people need to produce things
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Culture of Poverty
4 - -a phrase coined by Oscar Luis to describe the lifestyle and world view of people who inhabit urban and rural slums.
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Division of Labor
5 - -A work system characterized by division of tasks and specialization of occupations.
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Integrative Theory of Social Stratification
6 - -a theory based on the assumption that social hierarchy is necessary for the smooth functioning of society.
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Exploitative Theory of Social Stratification
7 - -a theory based on the assumption that social stratification and hierarchy exist because one group of individuals seeks to take advantage of another group for economic purposes.
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Genocide
8 - -an attempt to exterminate a people.
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Surplus Value of Labor
9 - -term suggested by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels for the portion of a person's labor that is retained as profit by those who control the means of production.
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Violent Revolution
10 - -term suggested by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels for the necessary response of workers to their repression by the ruling class.