Question 1

Shan are egalitarian.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

List the two ways of ensuring the ruling class's privileged access to resources:

Accepted Answer

force
mind

Question 3

Capitalism is created and maintained by governments.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The main purpose of the revolutions of the 18th century in Europe and America was to:

Accepted Answer

A)  create governments friendly to capitalism 
B)  establish democracy 
C)  establish parliamentary systems of government 
D)  establish freedom of religion 
E)  eliminate poverty 
A)  create governments friendly to capitalism 
B)  establish democracy 
C)  establish parliamentary systems of government 
D)  establish freedom of religion 
E)  eliminate poverty

Question 5

People start working for wages when:

Accepted Answer

A)  they have no alternative 
B)  when the government forces them to 
C)  when household production is impossible 
D)  all of the above 
E)  none of the above 
A)  they have no alternative 
B)  when the government forces them to 
C)  when household production is impossible 
D)  all of the above 
E)  none of the above

Question 6

There are ethnographic examples of the collapse of stratified societies without states to control them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

List the three forms of political systems:

Accepted Answer

egalitaria

Question 8

Lisu are egalitarian.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Ruling classes prefer mind control to force because:

Accepted Answer

A)  it is less brutal 
B)  it is less destructive 
C)  it is less expensive 
D)  it involves education 
E)  it emphasizes faith based solutions to problems 
A)  it is less brutal 
B)  it is less destructive 
C)  it is less expensive 
D)  it involves education 
E)  it emphasizes faith based solutions to problems

Question 10

From the Trobriand point of view, men give yams to their sisters because:

Accepted Answer

A)  they did all the work of producing them 
B)  they belong to the lineage that owns the land 
C)  brothers should take care of sisters 
D)  the sisters have all the pigs 
E)  the chieftain tells them to 
A)  they did all the work of producing them 
B)  they belong to the lineage that owns the land 
C)  brothers should take care of sisters 
D)  the sisters have all the pigs 
E)  the chieftain tells them to

Question 11

Americans are egalitarian.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

After they lost to the Communists in China, the Nationalists started trading opium in Southeast Asia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Discuss how governments make labor available for capitalist firms when there was none available before.

Accepted Answer

Governments can make labor available for

Question 14

Trobriand islanders have patrilocal post-marital residence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

When Shan people had the opportunity to make swiddens for themselves, they did not work for wages.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Stratified systems are fragile because they are unfair.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Capitalism requires no government.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Ruling classes prefer mind control to force.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Without rulers, the strongest people take over.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Discuss the role of force in stratification.

Accepted Answer

Force plays a significant role in strati

Shan are egalitarian.

List the two ways of ensuring the ruling class's privileged access to resources:

Capitalism is created and maintained by governments.

The main purpose of the revolutions of the 18th century in Europe and America was to:

People start working for wages when:

There are ethnographic examples of the collapse of stratified societies without states to control them.

List the three forms of political systems:

Lisu are egalitarian.

Ruling classes prefer mind control to force because:

From the Trobriand point of view, men give yams to their sisters because:

Americans are egalitarian.

After they lost to the Communists in China, the Nationalists started trading opium in Southeast Asia.

Discuss how governments make labor available for capitalist firms when there was none available before.

Trobriand islanders have patrilocal post-marital residence.

When Shan people had the opportunity to make swiddens for themselves, they did not work for wages.

Stratified systems are fragile because they are unfair.

Capitalism requires no government.

Ruling classes prefer mind control to force.

Without rulers, the strongest people take over.

Discuss the role of force in stratification.

Science Basics

Human Variation: Race and Gender

From Inside and Out

An Anthropological Approach to Economics

Stratification Without a State: Medieval Iceland

How States Work

The Anthropology of Religion

Political Economy

Class

Back to the Land

Global Processes, Local Systems

Connecting the People to the System

Anthropology Goes to Work

The End Is Near

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Exam 5: Political Systems

Shan are egalitarian.

List the two ways of ensuring the ruling class's privileged access to resources:

Capitalism is created and maintained by governments.

The main purpose of the revolutions of the 18th century in Europe and America was to:

People start working for wages when:

There are ethnographic examples of the collapse of stratified societies without states to control them.

List the three forms of political systems:

Lisu are egalitarian.

Ruling classes prefer mind control to force because:

From the Trobriand point of view, men give yams to their sisters because:

Americans are egalitarian.

After they lost to the Communists in China, the Nationalists started trading opium in Southeast Asia.

Discuss how governments make labor available for capitalist firms when there was none available before.

Trobriand islanders have patrilocal post-marital residence.

When Shan people had the opportunity to make swiddens for themselves, they did not work for wages.

Stratified systems are fragile because they are unfair.

Capitalism requires no government.

Ruling classes prefer mind control to force.

Without rulers, the strongest people take over.

Discuss the role of force in stratification.

Science Basics

Human Variation: Race and Gender

From Inside and Out

An Anthropological Approach to Economics

Stratification Without a State: Medieval Iceland

How States Work

The Anthropology of Religion

Political Economy

Class

Back to the Land

Global Processes, Local Systems

Connecting the People to the System

Anthropology Goes to Work

The End Is Near

Filters