Question 1

In chiefdoms, individuals were ranked according to seniority, but everyone was believed to have descended from a common set of ancestors.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The Igbo Women's War is an example of

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A)  hegemony working to eliminate resistance.
B)  social stratification.
C)  religious control.
D)  shame and ridicule as a method of resistance.
E)  women achieving status in a tribal society.F) All of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 3

About one-third of Thailand's population lives in rural areas.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

An age set is

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A)  a village council.
B)  a pantribal sodality that represents a certain level of social achievement.
C)  all men and women related by patrilineal descent from a human apical ancestor.
D)  all men and women related by matrilineal descent from a nonhuman apical ancestor.
E)  a group including all men or women born during a certain span of time.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 5

__________ is not typical of state societies.

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A)  A primarily foraging-based subsistence strategy
B)  Class stratification
C)  Boundary maintenance systems
D)  Intensive agriculture
E)  Fiscal systemsF) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 6

Describe at least two methods of social control and two methods of resistance.Give examples.

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Two methods of social control include fo...

Question 7

An age set is an example of a pantribal sodality.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The primary difference between a village head and a "big man" is that

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A)  a big man can enforce his decisions.
B)  a big man has supporters in multiple villages.
C)  a village head is a band leader, while a big man is a tribal leader.
D)  a big man's high status is ascribed, while a village head's high status is achieved.
E)  village head is a permanent political office, while big man is a temporary position.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 9

Big men are found in tribes, chiefdoms, and archaic states.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The best known chiefdoms arose in Papua New Guinea and Melanesia.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 11

Social scientists use the term __________ to refer to the socially approved use of power.

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A)  authority
B)  influence
C)  prestige
D)  stratification
E)  endogamyF) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 12

The __________ society has village heads.

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A)  Qashqai
B)  San
C)  Kapauku
D)  Yanomami
E)  BasseriF) None of the above
G) C) and D) D

Question 13

According to Weber, the basis of social status is.

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A)  wealth.
B)  age.
C)  prestige.
D)  intelligence.
E)  power.F) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 14

Since bands lack formalized law, they have no means of settling disputes.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 15

In a(n)  __________, most leaders will acquire their positions because of their personal backgrounds or abilities, rather than heredity.

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A)  tribal society
B)  feudal state
C)  imagined community
D)  chiefdom
E)  agrarian, preindustrial stateF) A) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 16

Identify the factors responsible for the variable development of political regulation and authority structures among pastoralists.

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The variable development of political re...

Question 17

The best examples of pantribal sodalities existed among societies in

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A)  Melanesia.
B)  Polynesia.
C)  The Great Plains of North America.
D)  Southern Europe.
E)  Papua New Guinea.F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 18

The internalization of a dominant ideology is

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A)  a method of chiefly redistribution.
B)  the way that pantribal sodalities are formed.
C)  a resistance method practiced in small-scale societies.
D)  a form of fiscal control.
E)  called hegemony.F) C) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 19

Foraging economies are usually associated with a __________ sociopolitical organization.

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A)  band
B)  tribe
C)  state
D)  chiefdom
E)  complex chiefdomF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 20

The Basseri and the Qashqai

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A)  were nomadic foraging groups in Iran.
B)  enjoyed a symbiotic relationship existed between the Basseri, who were nomadic pastoralists, and the Qashqai, who were horticulturalists.
C)  differ in leadership because a Basseri "big man" (tonowi)  could enforce his decisions, whereas the Qashqai village head could only lead by example.
D)  differ in authority structure with the Qashqai featuring a more complex and hierarchical structure than the Basseri.
E)  were two of the age sets in Melanesian society.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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About one-third of Thailand's population lives in rural areas.

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__________ is not typical of state societies.

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The best known chiefdoms arose in Papua New Guinea and Melanesia.

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Social scientists use the term __________ to refer to the socially approved use of power.

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The __________ society has village heads.

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According to Weber, the basis of social status is.

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Since bands lack formalized law, they have no means of settling disputes.

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In a(n) __________, most leaders will acquire their positions because of their personal backgrounds or abilities, rather than heredity.

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Identify the factors responsible for the variable development of political regulation and authority structures among pastoralists.

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