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Social Institutions: Key Terms
Key Terms


The following terms are essential in order to complete the exercises in this unit. Click on the term to see its definition.
A


Agricultural Revolution
authoritarianism
authority
B


bilateral descent
blue-collar work
C


capitalism
charisma
charismatic authority
church
conjugal family
consanguine family
conservative
cult
D


democracy
denomination
descent
E


endogamy
exogamy



extended family
F


family unit

I


Industrial Revolution
Information Revolution
K


kinship
L


liberal
M


marriage
matrilineal descent
matrilocality
moderate
monarchy
monogamy
N


neolocality
nuclear family
P


patriarchal
patrilineal descent
patrilocality
polyandry
polygamy
polygyny
power
primary economic sector
primary labor market
R


rational legal authority
ritual
S


sacred
secondary economic sector
secondary labor market
sect
social cohesion
social control
social integration function of school
socialism
socialization function of school
standardized test
state capitalism
state church
T


tertiary economic sector
totalitarianism
tracking
traditional authority
W


welfare capitalism
white-collar work
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