ANTA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: International Monetary Fund, Culture Change, Bretton Woods Conference
21 Oct 2013
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Sedentary: a mode o livelihood characterized y permanent or semi-permanent settlements. Progress: the idea that human history is the story of a steady advance from a life dependent on the whims of nature to a life o control and domination over natural forces. Culture change: the changes in meanings that a people ascribe to experience and changes in their way of life. Bands: a term used by anthropologists to refer to egalitarian unites of social organization, found mostly among foragers, that usually consist o fewer than 100 people. Slash-and-burn (or swidden) agriculture: a mode of livelihood in which forests are cleared by burning trees and brush and crops are planted among the ashes of the cleared ground. Clans: a unilineal descent group whose members claim descent from a common ancestor. State: a form of society characterized by a hierarchical ranking of people and centralized political control.
