a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole

an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

the members of a social organization who are in power

the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war

a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line

a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line

a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects

a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated

an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

the members of a social organization who are in power