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Cultural Anthropology Quiz 3

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a sense of historical, cultural, and sometimes ancestral connection to a group of people who are imagined to be distinct from those outside the group

a story told about the founding and history of a particular group to reinforce a sense of common identity

ethnic boundary marker

a practice or belief used to signify who is in a group and who is not, but yet may change over time

situational negotiation of identity

an individual's self-identification with a particular group that can shift according to social location

identity entrepreneurs

political, military, or religious leaders who promote a worldview through the lens of ethnicity and use war, propaganda, and state power to mobilize people against those whom they perceive as a danger

the deliberate and systematic destruction of an ethnic or religious group

ethnic cleansing

efforts by representatives of one ethnic or religious group to remove or destroy another group in a particular geographic area

a metaphor used to describe the process of immigrant assimilation into US dominant culture

the process through which minorities accept the patterns and norms of the dominant culture and cease to exist as separate groups

multiculturalism

a pattern of ethnic relations in which new immigrants and their children enculturate into the dominant national culture and yet retain an ethnic culture

an autonomous regional structure of political, economic, and military rule with a central government authorized to make laws and use force to maintain order and defend its territory

a political entity, located within a geographic territory with enforced borders, where the population shares a sense of culture, ancestry, and destiny as a people

legal membership in a nation-state

a term once used to describe a group of people who shared a place of origin; now used interchangeably with nation state

the identification with a group of people thought to share a place of origin

the desire of an ethnic community to create and/or maintain a nation-state

imagined community

the invented sense of connection and shared traditions that underlies identification with a particular ethnic group or nation whose members likely will never all meet

a group of people living outside their ancestral homeland yet maintaining emotional and material ties to home

the system of meaning and power that cultures create to determine who is related to whom and to define their mutual expectations, rights, and responsibilities

the kinship unit of mother, father, and children

a kinship group in which primary relationships are traced through certain consanguineous ("blood") relatives

a type of descent group that traces genealogical connection through generations by linking persons to a founding ancestor

a type of descent group based on a claim to a founding ancestor but lacking genealogical documentation

patrilineal descent group

a kinship group in which membership passes to the next generation from father to son

affinal relationship

a kinship relationship established through marriage and/or alliance, not through biology or common descent

a socially recognized relationship that may involve physical and emotional intimacy as well as legal rights to property and inheritance

arranged marriage

marriage orchestrated by the families of the involved parties

companionate marriage

marriage built on love, intimacy, and personal choice rather than social obligation

marriage between one man and two or more women

marriage between one woman and two or more men

a relationship between only two partners

cultural rules that forbid sexual relations with certain close relatives

marriage to someone outside of one's kinship group

marriage to someone within one's kinship group

the gift of goods or money from the groom's family to the bride's family as part of the marriage process

the gift of goods or money from the bride's family to the groom's family as part of the marriage process

family of orientation

the family group in which one is born, grows up, and develops life skills

family of procreation

the family group created when one reproduces and within which one rears children

pushes and pulls

the forces that spur migration from the country of origin and draw immigrants to a particular new destination country

bridges and barriers

the factors that enable or inhibit migration

chain migration

the movement of people facilitated by the support of networks of family and friends who have already immigrated

hometown associations

organizations created for mutual support by immigrants from the same hometown or region

resources transferred from migrants working abroad to individuals, families, and institutions in their country of origin

cumulative causation

an accumulation of factors that create a culture in which migration comes to be expected

labor immigrants

persons who move in search of a low-skill and low-wage job, often filling an economic niche that native-born workers will not fill

guest worker program

a policy that allows labor immigrants to enter a country temporarily to work but denies them long-term rights and privileges

professional immigrants

highly trained individuals who move to fill economic niches in a middle-class profession often marked by shortages in the receiving country

migration of highly skilled professionals from developing/periphery countries to developed/core countries

assets and skills such as language, education, and social networks that can be mobilized in lieu of or as complementary to financial capital

entrepreneurial immigrants

persons who move to a new location to conduct trade and establish a business

persons who have been forced to move beyond their national borders because of political or religious persecution, armed conflict, or disasters

internally displaced persons

persons who have been forced to move within their country of origin because of persecution, armed conflict, or disasters

internal migration

the movement of people within their own national borders

transnationalism

the practice of maintaining active participation in social, economic, religious, and political spheres across national borders

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