cultural anthropology final

priests and temples

all societies

emperors and chiefs may practice

polygyny

egalitarian

none

female infanticide

india and china

child sacrifice

Inca

bride price

none

dowry

india

written language

india and china

matrilineal

none

textiles

all societies

silk

china

monarchies

none

inca orgins

food

tea

china

buddhism

china

opium

china

porcelain

china

slave trade

all european countries

monarchies

england, spain, Portugal

spice trade

portugal, netherlands and England

colonized Africa

all european countries

european kinship based countries

none

tributary societies

incas, china, india, spain, portugal

kinship

marriage, descent, residency

tributary

the primary producer pays tribute in the forms of material goods or labor to another individual or group

grooms family to the bride

bride price

brides family to the groom

dowry

subsistence economy

communities rely on natural resources (hunting/gathering, horticulture, agriculture)

wealth economy

• powerful elite

• coercive force (army)

• violence

vertical economy

resources, labor, and production are organized and controlled in hierarchical manner

tribute

giving goods to an authority to be reallocated

status

an individual’s position within a society which can be achieved through effort ot assigned at birth (can marry outside of status)

caste

ascribed status that is rigid (cannont marry outside of caste)

intensive agriculture

maximizing crop production within a limited area (fertilizers and irrigation)

mass production

industrialization

caste

india

socity with intensive agriculture

Inca

king

european societies

emperor

Inca

filial piety

china