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Decide whether the statement is true or false. If the statement is false, determine what is wrong with statement and rewrite it to make it true. Try comparing your rewritten statements with those of a classmate.

1
Power is more important than authority.
A)True
B)False
2
Horticultural societies are typically organized into states.
A)True
B)False
3
A class is a group of people who have a similar relationship to wealth, power, and prestige.
A)True
B)False
4
The murder rate in the United States is the highest in the world.
A)True
B)False
5
The humiliation and jeers a Mbuti hunter experiences when he doesn't share meat is a type of formal social control.
A)True
B)False
6
An example of a formal social control is the Inuit (Eskimo) song duel.
A)True
B)False
7
Warfare is difficult to define because of the variation in intensity, frequency, and types of aggression between groups.
A)True
B)False
8
Sodalities and kinship groupings serve to integrate members of tribal societies.
A)True
B)False
9
Speeches by U.S. presidents and Yanomamo headmen serve to assert persuasive power, rather than authority.
A)True
B)False
10
A mumi, or Big Man, gives feasts in order to gain authority over the tribe.
A)True
B)False







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