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Biological advantages of women: due to chromosomal structures and lung maturation women tend to live longer than men
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capitalist modes of production: production and distribution are privately owned or by corporations, development takes place and reinvestment of profits gained in free market
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cold war: political tension and military rivalry between nations, term applied to relationship between Us and USSR after ww2 til 1990
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commercialization of agriculture: changes on farm when moves from producing only household food to providing it to sale in the market in exchange for $
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exogamy: the custom of marrying outside of the tribe, family, clan, or other social unit
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Feudal modes of production: marked by great inequalities of power, in which few people own large land holdings, farmed by peasants/serfs who are loyal to "lord of manor" under his protection, pay homage to him, and subject to his will
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first,second, and third worlds: first world- industrialized capitalist nations. second world- industrialized communist nation. third world- developing nations of Africa, Asia, and Latin America
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Green revolution: Signification increase in agriculture production resulting from introduction of cereal varieties, irrigation of water, fertilizer and sometimes pesticides
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human capital: person who has increased productivity and earnings due to investments in feeding, childcare, education, and health
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matrifocal: household led by woman where husband-father is absent permanently and plays no role in household econ.
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matrilineal: line of descent traced through women on the maternal side of family
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patriarchy: social system in which father is head of family and men have authority over women and children
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patrilineal: line of descent traced through men on the paternal side of the family
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patrilocal: residence with a husbands kin group or clan
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polygamy: practice of having more than one SPOUSE at one time
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polygyny: practice of having more than one WIFE at one time
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recourse: turning or applying to a person on thing for aid of security
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socially constructed roles: ways of acting that are not necessarily inherent in biology but learned from family or society
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trickle down: the idea that development aid and resulting economic growth automatically benefit most people in an economy inc the poor
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unitary household model: theory that a household pools income and makes collective decisions about allocation of resources, including labor.
