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Formal taxation most characterizes which form of political organization?

A) band
B) tribe
C) chiefdom
D) state
E) All of the above: all forms of political organization must be able to raise resources from their people.

F) A) and D)
G) All of the above

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Ethnic pluralism is the norm in most states in the world today.

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B) False

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A binding rule created through enactment or custom that defines right and reasonable behaviour and is enforceable by threat of punishment

What is a major difference between band organization and big-man or big-woman political organization?

The Amish and ________,Christian immigrant groups from Europe,rely on ________ more than most cultural groups in the United States and Canada.

Bronislaw Malinowski's classic book Crime and Custom in Savage Society is an example of

Pocahontas played an important role in First Nations-British relations during the early colonial period.

When a leader has strong lateral ties with followers,often involving the leader's provision of patronage and gifts to followers,this kind of political group is called a ________.

Though big-man and big-woman leadership institutions are not to be found in Euro-Canadian society,there are in individuals who acquire status through similar means as the classic big-men and big-women studied by anthropologists.Discuss and provide examples.

Which of the following is not characteristic of a big-man or a big-woman in politics?

The maintenance of a full-time,standing army is a characteristic of the form of political organization known as the ________.

A contemporary nation that has,or has recently had,a woman as head of state is ________.

How does a norm differ from a law?

Postcolonial states do not tolerate a plurality of legal systems within their borders.

The ________ called ________,included five distinct groups living in the region around Lake Simcoe,Georgian Bay,and Lake Huron in southern Ontario.

Women never play a prominent role in chiefdoms.

Analyze a political organization of your choice in terms of recruitment,perpetuity,identity,internal organization,procedures and autonomy.

Discuss how racial biases and discrimination affect legal processes for First Nations peoples in Canada.

Functionalism emphasized how political institutions promote social cohesion.

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in north-eastern North America,several incidents of warfare occurred between the advancing ________ and groups of ________.