Exam 11: Political Organization and the Maintenance of Order

Define structural violence,account for its existence in centralized political systems,and discuss its consequences for the powerless and the elite.

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Question 41

The Order of Canada is awarded in a formal ceremony in Ottawa each year.What is this an example of?

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Question 42

What circumstances do the strongest social movements generally emerge from?

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Question 43

Which of the following represents one of the questions that Liam Kilmurray asks in attempting to link social movements to the broader social settings in which they operate?

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Question 44

Why have sentencing circles been introduced into Canadian prisons,how do they work,and what do we know about their success?

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Question 45

Which of the following statements best captures Liam Kilmurray's observations about the extremes of ideological diversity that is seen in social protest movements?

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Question 46

According to Adamson Hoebel,what is the term for a social norm enforced by the legitimate use (or threat of use)of physical force?

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Question 47

The United Nations has called on nations with ships in the area of Somali piracy to repress it with military force.What has been the actual result of that call to arms?

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Question 48

Which of the following terms is defined as a form of East African political organization in which a very large group is broken up into clans,which in turn are divided into maximal,major,minor,and minimal lineages?

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Question 49

Which of the following is an example of structural violence?

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Question 50

Which of the following is one of the functions of law?

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Question 51

What have anthropologists observed about the relationship between women and politics?

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Question 52

Because they are part of a simple society,the Kapauku of New Guinea are not subject to conflicting and contradictory laws of diverse subgroups,as is the case with citizens of Canada.

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Question 53

Which of the following did Benjamin Franklin use as a model for the founding of the United States from 13 American colonies?

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Question 54

War has become common only in the last 10,000 years.

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Question 55

The Dynamic Anthropology article on piracy in Somalia describes some of the factors that motivate Somali pirates.Which Somali group is most involved in piracy?

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Question 56

Among the Nuer of South Sudan,which statement about feuds is true?

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Question 57

Relationships among members of a chiefdom are egalitarian.

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Question 58

What did the famous Deganawida,known to the Iroquois as the Peacemaker,contribute to their culture?

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Question 59

States are less stable than decentralized political systems.

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Define structural violence,account for its existence in centralized political systems,and discuss its consequences for the powerless and the elite.

The Order of Canada is awarded in a formal ceremony in Ottawa each year.What is this an example of?

What circumstances do the strongest social movements generally emerge from?

Which of the following represents one of the questions that Liam Kilmurray asks in attempting to link social movements to the broader social settings in which they operate?

Why have sentencing circles been introduced into Canadian prisons,how do they work,and what do we know about their success?

Which of the following statements best captures Liam Kilmurray's observations about the extremes of ideological diversity that is seen in social protest movements?

According to Adamson Hoebel,what is the term for a social norm enforced by the legitimate use (or threat of use)of physical force?

The United Nations has called on nations with ships in the area of Somali piracy to repress it with military force.What has been the actual result of that call to arms?

Which of the following terms is defined as a form of East African political organization in which a very large group is broken up into clans,which in turn are divided into maximal,major,minor,and minimal lineages?

Which of the following is an example of structural violence?

Which of the following is one of the functions of law?

What have anthropologists observed about the relationship between women and politics?

Because they are part of a simple society,the Kapauku of New Guinea are not subject to conflicting and contradictory laws of diverse subgroups,as is the case with citizens of Canada.

Which of the following did Benjamin Franklin use as a model for the founding of the United States from 13 American colonies?

War has become common only in the last 10,000 years.

The Dynamic Anthropology article on piracy in Somalia describes some of the factors that motivate Somali pirates.Which Somali group is most involved in piracy?

Among the Nuer of South Sudan,which statement about feuds is true?

Relationships among members of a chiefdom are egalitarian.

What did the famous Deganawida,known to the Iroquois as the Peacemaker,contribute to their culture?

States are less stable than decentralized political systems.

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