Exam 6: Stratification Without a State: Medieval Iceland

The slaves who rebelled in medieval Iceland were:

The first settler in Iceland failed because:

The first king of Norway was Gissur.

Initially the limiting factor on production in Iceland was access to labor.

Icelandic landowners freed slaves because:

Discuss how well the medieval system served the interests of chieftains, slaves, renters, and wage workers.

The first settlers to Iceland brought with them:

Gissur wrote the Icelandic origin story at the beginning of Anthropology Unbound.

Icelanders came from Norway.

The last two chieftains standing in Iceland were Gissur and Snorri.

List five self-intensifying loops in the medieval Icelandic system:

Cooperation and reciprocity are sufficient to hold stratified societies together.

Slaves in Iceland usually produced:

At the time Iceland was settled, Norway's economy was much like that of:

Stratified societies without states are:

The General Assembly in Iceland was:

Icelanders were always Christian.

The medieval Icelandic system was not sustainable but it lasted for about 400 years.

At the time Iceland was settled, Norway's kinship system resembled:

Gissur murdered Snorri.