Question 1

Acephalous means:

Accepted Answer

A)  very smart 
B)  a kind of shell fish 
C)  octopus and squids 
D)  headless 
E)  royalty 
A)  very smart 
B)  a kind of shell fish 
C)  octopus and squids 
D)  headless 
E)  royalty

Question 2

In egalitarian groups everyone has equal access to resources.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Trobriand islanders have patrilineal lineages.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Systems of rank are based on unequal access to resources.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Lisu people are egalitarian.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The most important thing about egalitarian systems is that:

Accepted Answer

A)  everyone is equal 
B)  everyone can vote 
C)  everyone is paid the same 
D)  everyone has equal access to resources 
E)  everyone is treated fairly 
A)  everyone is equal 
B)  everyone can vote 
C)  everyone is paid the same 
D)  everyone has equal access to resources 
E)  everyone is treated fairly

Question 7

The people Bronislaw Malinowski studied lived in:

Accepted Answer

A)  New Guinea 
B)  Thailand 
C)  Truk 
D)  the Trobriand Islands 
E)  Burma 
A)  New Guinea 
B)  Thailand 
C)  Truk 
D)  the Trobriand Islands 
E)  Burma

Question 8

Households only produce a surplus if they are forced to.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The institutional means for controlling stratified societies are:

Accepted Answer

A)  natural 
B)  states 
C)  chiefs 
D)  lineages 
E)  kinship 
A)  natural 
B)  states 
C)  chiefs 
D)  lineages 
E)  kinship

Question 10

Myanmar is the real name for Burma.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

For anthropologists, hegemony means:

Accepted Answer

A)  the income derived from hedge funds 
B)  the power of one country over another 
C)  the power of the church in politics 
D)  the power of the dominant class to control the cultural code 
E)  the power of schools to control students 
A)  the income derived from hedge funds 
B)  the power of one country over another 
C)  the power of the church in politics 
D)  the power of the dominant class to control the cultural code 
E)  the power of schools to control students

Question 12

Kachin chieftains control force.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In the ancient Inca system, the roads were built by:

Accepted Answer

A)  the contractor who bid the lowest for the work 
B)  forced labor 
C)  volunteer workers 
D)  heavy equipment 
E)  people the state hired 
A)  the contractor who bid the lowest for the work 
B)  forced labor 
C)  volunteer workers 
D)  heavy equipment 
E)  people the state hired

Question 14

List four anthropologists mentioned in this chapter:

Accepted Answer

Morton Fried
Marshal

Question 15

Stratified systems can be egalitarian.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Discuss the characteristics of egalitarian, rank and stratified systems of political relations and how they are related to systems of exchange.

Accepted Answer

Egalitarian, rank, and stratified system

Question 17

Capitalism is a natural system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

There are as many positions of prestige as people capable of filling them in which kind of system?

Accepted Answer

A)  democracy 
B)  egalitarian 
C)  rank 
D)  stratified 
E)  state 
A)  democracy 
B)  egalitarian 
C)  rank 
D)  stratified 
E)  state

Question 19

Burma is ruled by a military dictatorship.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

List two advantages of redistributive systems:

Accepted Answer

increased productivi

Acephalous means:

In egalitarian groups everyone has equal access to resources.

Trobriand islanders have patrilineal lineages.

Systems of rank are based on unequal access to resources.

Lisu people are egalitarian.

The most important thing about egalitarian systems is that:

The people Bronislaw Malinowski studied lived in:

Households only produce a surplus if they are forced to.

The institutional means for controlling stratified societies are:

Myanmar is the real name for Burma.

For anthropologists, hegemony means:

Kachin chieftains control force.

In the ancient Inca system, the roads were built by:

List four anthropologists mentioned in this chapter:

Stratified systems can be egalitarian.

Discuss the characteristics of egalitarian, rank and stratified systems of political relations and how they are related to systems of exchange.

Capitalism is a natural system.

There are as many positions of prestige as people capable of filling them in which kind of system?

Burma is ruled by a military dictatorship.

List two advantages of redistributive systems:

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

Acephalous means:

In egalitarian groups everyone has equal access to resources.

Trobriand islanders have patrilineal lineages.

Systems of rank are based on unequal access to resources.

Lisu people are egalitarian.

The most important thing about egalitarian systems is that:

The people Bronislaw Malinowski studied lived in:

Households only produce a surplus if they are forced to.

The institutional means for controlling stratified societies are:

Myanmar is the real name for Burma.

For anthropologists, hegemony means:

Kachin chieftains control force.

In the ancient Inca system, the roads were built by:

List four anthropologists mentioned in this chapter:

Stratified systems can be egalitarian.

Discuss the characteristics of egalitarian, rank and stratified systems of political relations and how they are related to systems of exchange.

Capitalism is a natural system.

There are as many positions of prestige as people capable of filling them in which kind of system?

Burma is ruled by a military dictatorship.

List two advantages of redistributive systems:

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