Exam 12: Politics, power, and Violence

A group of nominally independent communities occupying a specific region,sharing a common language and culture,which is integrated by some unifying factor.This is the description of what type of political organization?

Among the Wape ancestral ghosts can be seen as agents of social control.

Relationships among members of a chiefdom are egalitarian.

Which of the following are considered acts of violent conflict?

There is some small-scale slavery found in chiefdom societies.

We have ample reason to suppose war has become a problem only in the past ________ years,since the invention of food-production techniques and especially centralized states.

A method of resolving disputes in which the disputing parties voluntarily arrive at a mutually satisfactory agreement is called _______________.

_______________ sanctions attempt to precisely and explicitly regulate people's behavior.They can be positive (such as military decorations)or negative (such as imprisonment).

The use of wealth to support the tonowi's power;belief in the divine right of kings to rule;the oldest living male becoming the head of the Dahomey state of West Africa--what do all these have in common?

Utilizing a cross-cultural perspective sharpened by years of anthropological research,_____________________________ specializes in ethnic and secessionist disputes.

The _______________ is the most formal of political organizations and is one of the hallmarks of civilization.Its political power is centralized in a government,which may legitimately use force to regulate the affairs of its citizens,as well as its relations with other similar political systems.

The Cheyenne Indians are an example of a tribe.

An important pioneer in the anthropological study of law was _______________.

Once two Inuit individuals are involved in a dispute and become peaceful by engaging in a singing contest,the affair is considered _____________________.

An example of tribal leadership is the concept of the "Big Man."

Wars occur only between countries.

At the heart of political organization is _______________.

Laura Nader called upon her colleagues at Berkeley to ________________________.

One's ability to organize a giraffe hunt or a war party has nothing to do with political organization.

Today there are more than a quarter of a million child soldiers recruited or forced into armies around the world,many of whom are as young as 12 years old.