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1

A group with a foraging economy is most likely going to have which type of sociopolitical organization?
A)band
B)tribe
C)chiefdom
D)state
E)it varies
2

In a society organized as a band, what are probably the only group or groups significant to its members?
A)the band
B)nuclear family
C)band and sodalities
D)extended family and sodalities
E)nuclear family and band
3

All of the following are true about bands, except:
A)bands have no methods of social control or dispute settlement
B)thefts are uncommon
C)bands lack formal law
D)bands are egalitarian with regard to power and authority
E)bands are impermanent
4

Which of the following strategy or strategies are available to a man in Inuit society who feels wronged?
A)He could try to kill the rival.
B)He could call in the police.
C)He could challenge the rival to a song battle.
D)He could try to kill the rival or he could call the police.
E)He could try and kill the rival or he could challenge the rival to a song battle.
5

All of the following about the Yanomami are true, except that the:
A)Yanomami are horticulturalists.
B)only leadership position is the village head.
C)Yanomami village head has the right to issue orders.
D)Yanomami village head must lead in generosity.
E)Yanomami villagers who grow dissatisfied with their village head leave the village.
6

Which of the following statements about a big man is true?
A)Big men exist among the Yanomami.
B)The big man has authority among several villages.
C)Only certain men in a society are permitted to achieve the status of a big man.
D)The big man usually has less wealth than his neighbors.
E)The big man is the Polynesian equivalent to the Yanomami village head.
7

A group with a horticultural economy is most likely going to have which type of sociopolitical organization?
A)band
B)tribe
C)chiefdom
D)state
E)it varies
8

All of the following are typical features of chiefdoms, except:
A)permanent political regulation of a territory
B)chiefly redistribution
C)stratification
D)permanent political offices
E)social status based on seniority of descent
9

What are Max Weber's three dimensions of social stratification?
A)wealth, power, prestige
B)wealth, prestige, influence
C)influence, prestige, knowledge
D)power, knowledge, prestige
E)power, prestige, and influence
10

Which of the following statements about bands is not true?
A)Bands are impermanent.
B)Bands are egalitarian.
C)Bands lack formal law.
D)Bands may have part-time specialists.
E)All of the above statements about bands are true.
11

All of the following are typical features of chiefdoms, except:
A)differential access to resources.
B)part-time political specialists.
C)they are best known ethnographically from Polynesia.
D)social relations based primarily on kinship, marriage, descent, age, generation, and gender.
E)chiefly redistribution.
12

Which of the following social features is unique to state organization?
A)kinship
B)prestige
C)differential access to resources
D)stratification
E)nuclear family
13

All of the following are typical features of most states, except:
A)judges
B)big men
C)full-time religious practitioners
D)permanent military
E)taxation
14

A group with a pastoral economy is likely to be organized as a:
A)state
B)chiefdom
C)tribe
D)state or chiefdom
E)chiefdom or a tribe
15

Examples of monuments constructed by chiefdoms include all of the following, except:
A)Stonehenge
B)earthen mounds of the southeastern United States
C)temple at Teotihuican, Mexico
D)temples of Hawaii
E)all of the above are monuments built by chiefdoms







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