Question 1

In the pre-Civil War southern United States,gatherings of five or more slaves were forbidden unless a White person was present,because

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A)   resistance was most likely to be expressed openly when Black slaves were provoked by the presence of White persons.
B)   resistance is most likely to be expressed openly when people are allowed to assemble.
C)   White persons were curious about the use of the story of Moses that was popular among slaves at the time.
D)   some Whites were eager to join the Black slaves in their plans, some successful, in establishing free communities in isolated areas.
E)   these Whites were actually covert anthropologists eager to study social relations during these politically difficult times.F) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 2

The sociopolitical organization of foragers tends to be bands.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Pantribal sodalities function to integrate the community by providing a series of important nonkin relationships.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

How does Morton Fried define political organization? Why does Kottak prefer to use the term sociopolitical organization in discussing the regulation or management of interrelations among groups and their representatives?

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Morton Fried defines political organizat...

Question 5

This chapter describes various ways in which dominant members of society exert control over a population by resorting to indirect or even covert means.What are some examples of this? What concepts have some come up with to understand the social dynamics that arise from these situations? Can you think of some contemporary examples of the use of these means of control?

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Some examples of indirect or covert mean...

Question 6

In the context of tribal societies,what is a "big man?"

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A)   someone who holds a permanent political office
B)   a hereditary ruler
C)   a person who creates his reputation through entrepreneurship and generosity to others
D)   a leader who avoids excessive displays of generosity
E)   a leader who has tremendous power because he is regarded as divineF) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 7

The anthropological approach to the study of political systems and organization is global and comparative and includes nonstates as well as the states and nation-states usually studied by political scientists.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What is hegemony?

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A)   overt sociopolitical strategies used to control people
B)   use of social controls that induce guilt and shame in the population
C)   the critique of power by the oppressed that goes on offstage, in private, where the power holders can't see it
D)   a stratified social order in which subordinates comply with domination by internalizing their rulers' values and accepting the "naturalness" of domination
E)   open, public interactions between dominators and the oppressed-the outer shell of power relationsF) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 9

In which of the following forms of political organization is it most likely that the most important leaders will acquire their positions based upon personal background or ability,rather than heredity?

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A)   tribal societies
B)   feudal states
C)   imagined communities
D)   chiefdoms
E)   agrarian, preindustrial statesF) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 10

According to Max Weber,prestige is the basis of

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A)   economic status.
B)   political status.
C)   social status.
D)   power.
E)   political capital.F) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 11

Status in chiefdoms and states is based primarily on differential access to resources.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following was NOT used by the traditional Inuit to handle disputes?

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A)   blood feuds
B)   song contests
C)   killing of the offender
D)   courts of law
E)   kin tiesF) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

The status systems of chiefdoms and states are similar,in that both are based on differential access to resources.Nevertheless,a key distinction is that

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A)   status is much more important to leaders in chiefdoms than in states.
B)   differential access in chiefdoms is still very much tied to kinship.
C)   stratum endogamy exists in chiefdoms but not in state status systems.
D)   in chiefdoms, women are always excluded from the competition for status, whereas in states, this gender difference does not exist.
E)   the status system of chiefdoms can sometimes function in a completely egalitarian manner when the populations are small enough.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 14

The elites of archaic states restricted access to sumptuary goods.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Tribal societies,which are typically organized by village life or membership in descent groups,tend to be egalitarian.However,egalitarianism diminishes

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A)   as tribal leaders gain too much power and start to put it to use to buy favors.
B)   as village size and population density increase.
C)   as the village head's family grows.
D)   the closer one is to the big man's wife.
E)   as the overall population ages.F) All of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 16

Most band and tribal societies in the world today are completely cut off from the rest of the world.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Foraging economies are usually associated with which type of sociopolitical organization?

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A)   band
B)   tribal
C)   state
D)   chiefdom
E)   primateF) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 18

What are the differences between shame and guilt? Why is it important for anthropologists interested in understanding sociopolitical organization to pay attention to people's concerns with shame or guilt in the communities they study?

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Shame and guilt are both complex emotion...

Question 19

The key difference between a village head and a big man is that the big man has supporters in many villages,whereas the supporters of the village head are restricted to his respective village.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

A comparison between the Basseri and Qashqai,two Iranian nomadic tribes,illustrates how as regulatory problems increase,

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A)   pastoralists are less likely to interact with other populations in the same space and time.
B)   rules regarding crime and punishment become more severe.
C)   political hierarchies become more complex.
D)   age sets begin to disintegrate.
E)   silence becomes the best strategy for avoiding conflict.F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

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Status in chiefdoms and states is based primarily on differential access to resources.

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In the pre-Civil War southern United States,gatherings of five or more slaves were forbidden unless a White person was present,because

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In the context of tribal societies,what is a "big man?"

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Foraging economies are usually associated with which type of sociopolitical organization?

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The status systems of chiefdoms and states are similar,in that both are based on differential access to resources.Nevertheless,a key distinction is that

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Pantribal sodalities function to integrate the community by providing a series of important nonkin relationships.

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The elites of archaic states restricted access to sumptuary goods.

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Most band and tribal societies in the world today are completely cut off from the rest of the world.

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Which of the following was NOT used by the traditional Inuit to handle disputes?

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