Review 1

2. the legitimate power to make decisions or give orders
4. evolution theory that societies develop through a single sequence of stages from simple to complex
9. new idea, method, or technology that changes how people do something
10. relativism practice of understanding a culture according to its own values and standards
11. a statement or position that someone puts forward and supports with evidence
12. production, distribution, and consumption of goods and resources.
13. perspective that describes a culture from the viewpoint of the people within that culture
16. Belief in one god
17. perspective used by an outside observer to analyze a culture
18. subsistence strategy based primarily on raising and herding domesticated animals
19. capacity maximum population an environment can sustainably support

1. group of people who share a culture and social relationships
3. how a society obtains the resources it needs to survive
5. belief that one's own culture is superior to others
6. the way power and decision-making are organized in a society
7. Obtaining food by hunting, fishing, and gathering wild plants.
8. Belief in many gods
14. circumstances or setting that help explain an idea, behavior, or event
15. complex society characterized by cities, social classes, government, and specialized occupations