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1

A group with a foraging economy is most likely going to have which type of sociopolitical organization?
A)a band
B)a tribe
C)a chiefdom
D)a 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)the nuclear family
C)the band and sodalities
D)extended family and sodalities
E)the nuclear family and the 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 strategies are available to a man in Inuit society who feels wronged?
A)He could try to kill his rival.
B)He could call in the police.
C)He could challenge his rival to a song battle.
D)He could try to kill his rival or he could call in the police.
E)He could try to kill his rival or he could challenge his 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

All of the following statements about the Kapauku Papuans are true except:
A)Kapauku Papuans participate in a tribal social organization.
B)the Kapauku Papuan big man determines dates for feasts and markets.
C)greedy men among the Kapauku Papuans may be murdered.
D)Kapauku Papuan big men are important for regulating complex cultivation tasks.
E)certain individuals are born into the role of being a Kapauku Papuan big man.
8

The Arab adage "I and my brother against my cousin. I, my brother, and my cousin against all other Arabs. I, my brother, my cousin, and all other Arabs against all the world" is indicative of which of the following practices?
A)organization
B)sodalities
C)segmentary lineage organization
D)chiefdom organization
E)age sets
9

All of the following are age grades commonly recognized in most African tribal societies except:
A)warriors.
B)shamans.
C)elders.
D)mature men who play important roles in pantribal government.
E)recently initiated youths.
10

Early states emerged in all of the following locations except:
A)Mesoamerica.
B)northern China.
C)Mesopotamia.
D)the Caribbean.
E)the Indus Valley.
11

All of the following are typical features of chiefdoms except:
A)differential access to resources.
B)part-time political specialists.
C)that 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 tribe.
15

organized as which of the following sociopolitical types practice monument building?
A)state
B)chiefdom
C)tribe
D)state and chiefdom
E)state, chiefdom, and tribe







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