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Inherent Gender Inequality?: Stratified Societies
Multiple Choice
1
The term ____________ status refers to social categories which an individual is classified on the basis of inheritance or hereditary factors.
A)
achieved
B)
ascribed
C)
visceral
D)
un-earned
2
In order to acquire _______________ status, an individual must display competence in some area.
A)
ascribed
B)
elite
C)
upper class
D)
achieved
3
When men's tasks and women's tasks typically complement one another
A)
the society in question must be egalitarian.
B)
a gendered division of labor exists.
C)
agricultural production is fairly inefficient.
D)
male dominance is unheard of.
4
In a stratified society, status is generally associated with
A)
gender and wealth.
B)
behaviors which are a universal marker of high or low status.
C)
consumer capitalism.
D)
wealth, but not gender.
5
The clan, as an organization
A)
comes into existence only with the development of stratified societies.
B)
is ranked against other clans in stratified societies.
C)
has no significance in stratified societies.
D)
ceases to exist with the shift from tribal to stratified society.
6
The Tlingit depended on _________ as a staple.
A)
elk
B)
berries and roots gathered by women
C)
salmon
D)
whale meat
7
Among the Tlingit __________ were trained to be expert traders.
A)
older men
B)
women
C)
political leaders
D)
shamans
8
Swazi mothers formed alliances with ________
A)
other mothers and grandmothers.
B)
their daughters.
C)
their husbands.
D)
their sons.
9
Among the Swazi, wealth was measured in
A)
what one could give away.
B)
cattle.
C)
diamonds from the local mines.
D)
houses and land.
10
The relationship between Hawaiian men and Hawaiian women
A)
was shocking to European colonizers.
B)
became more egalitarian as a result of European influence.
C)
had little relationship to the pre-colonial Hawaiian cosmology.
D)
involved very little contact between genders.
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