Exam 11: Political Organization and the Maintenance of Order

How did contemporary Slavey First Nations gain greater political autonomy and more control over their traditional lands?

Effective maintenance of social order is possible only when a political system has centralized authority.

Which term can be defined as people who share a language,culture,territorial base,political organization,and a common history?

Which term refers to an egalitarian autonomous group composed of related families who occupy a single region?

Contemporary Slavey leaders are elected by majority rule,which is at odds with the principles of Slavey political and social organization.

Among the Slavey,social control over the group was maintained by military groups commanded by warrior chiefs.

Which of the following processes is involved in both decision making and conflict resolution among members of a band society?

Traditionally,what do Canadian Inuit often employ to settle disputes?

What do "bands" all have in common?

How does the tonowi (Big Man)of the Kapauku of New Guinea acquire political power?

Which of the following is an expanding field of employment for anthropologists?

Distinguish between external and internal systems of political control and give an example of each.

Which term best describes leaders among the Blackfoot First Nations tribe?

Among the Iroquois nations of southern Ontario,what form did women's political power take?

Which Canadian won the Nobel Peace Prize for establishing a United Nations international peacekeeping force?

Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of a Ju/'hoansi leader,male or female?

Aboriginal peoples of Canada were true nations,even though French and English colonists refused to recognize them.

What kind of sanctions are attempts to regulate people's behaviour precisely and explicitly?

Minority women must surpass the standards set for majority women and men.Which of the following models is this an example of?

What goal is always at the heart of political organization?