Question 1

Age grades represent stages in one's life with specific tasks, obligations, and duties for the individuals in a given grade.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

As an example of how virtually no one is immune from larger political and economic forces, the Yanomami tribal society of Brazil has suffered recent changes as a result of

Accepted Answer

A)  being overrun by the more expansion-minded Nilotic peoples. 
B)  modern-minded big men amassing so much wealth that people have begun to regard them as chiefs. 
C)  village raiding among tribal groups. 
D)  the involvement of NGOs in their internal political affairs. 
E)  encroachment by gold miners and cattle ranchers. 
A)  being overrun by the more expansion-minded Nilotic peoples. 
B)  modern-minded big men amassing so much wealth that people have begun to regard them as chiefs. 
C)  village raiding among tribal groups. 
D)  the involvement of NGOs in their internal political affairs. 
E)  encroachment by gold miners and cattle ranchers.

Question 3

What are the differences between shame and guilt? Why is it important for anthropologists interested in understanding sociopolitical organization to pay attention to people's concerns with shame or guilt in the communities they study?

Accepted Answer

Shame and guilt are both complex emotion

Question 4

Anthropologist Susan Kent notes a tendency to stereotype foragers, to treat them all as alike. They used to be stereotyped as isolated, primitive survivors of the Stone Age. Another, more recent, common stereotype of foragers sees them as

Accepted Answer

A)  peaceful individuals in touch with their inner selves. 
B)  culturally deprived people forced by states, colonialism, or world events into marginalized environments. 
C)  ideal humans with the perfect diet and rhythm of life. 
D)  not isolated at all but living in nation-states and an interlinked world. 
E)  primitive survivors not of the Stone Age but the Bronze Age. 
A)  peaceful individuals in touch with their inner selves. 
B)  culturally deprived people forced by states, colonialism, or world events into marginalized environments. 
C)  ideal humans with the perfect diet and rhythm of life. 
D)  not isolated at all but living in nation-states and an interlinked world. 
E)  primitive survivors not of the Stone Age but the Bronze Age.

Question 5

Tribal societies, which are typically organized by village life or membership in descent groups, tend to be egalitarian. However, egalitarianism diminishes

Accepted Answer

A)  as tribal leaders gain too much power and start to put it to use to buy favors. 
B)  as village size and population density increase. 
C)  as the village head's family grows. 
D)  the closer one is to the big man's wife. 
E)  as the overall population ages. 
A)  as tribal leaders gain too much power and start to put it to use to buy favors. 
B)  as village size and population density increase. 
C)  as the village head's family grows. 
D)  the closer one is to the big man's wife. 
E)  as the overall population ages.

Question 6

With the rise of states, kinship's role in society continued to grow and dominate daily activities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

In the context of tribal societies, what is a "big man"?

Accepted Answer

A)  someone who holds a permanent political office 
B)  a hereditary ruler 
C)  a person who creates his reputation through entrepreneurship and generosity to others 
D)  a leader who avoids excessive displays of generosity 
E)  a leader who has tremendous power because he is regarded as divine 
A)  someone who holds a permanent political office 
B)  a hereditary ruler 
C)  a person who creates his reputation through entrepreneurship and generosity to others 
D)  a leader who avoids excessive displays of generosity 
E)  a leader who has tremendous power because he is regarded as divine

Question 8

In chiefdoms, individuals are ranked according to seniority, but everyone is believed to have descended from a common set of ancestors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following statements about nonstate societies is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Warfare is conducted by professional armies. 
B)  Political institutions are maintained totally separate from economic institutions. 
C)  Social control is maintained mostly through physical coercion. 
D)  Economic, political, and religious activities are often embedded in one another. 
E)  All political power is based on religion. 
A)  Warfare is conducted by professional armies. 
B)  Political institutions are maintained totally separate from economic institutions. 
C)  Social control is maintained mostly through physical coercion. 
D)  Economic, political, and religious activities are often embedded in one another. 
E)  All political power is based on religion.

Age grades represent stages in one's life with specific tasks, obligations, and duties for the individuals in a given grade.

As an example of how virtually no one is immune from larger political and economic forces, the Yanomami tribal society of Brazil has suffered recent changes as a result of

What are the differences between shame and guilt? Why is it important for anthropologists interested in understanding sociopolitical organization to pay attention to people's concerns with shame or guilt in the communities they study?

Anthropologist Susan Kent notes a tendency to stereotype foragers, to treat them all as alike. They used to be stereotyped as isolated, primitive survivors of the Stone Age. Another, more recent, common stereotype of foragers sees them as

Tribal societies, which are typically organized by village life or membership in descent groups, tend to be egalitarian. However, egalitarianism diminishes

With the rise of states, kinship's role in society continued to grow and dominate daily activities.

In the context of tribal societies, what is a "big man"?

In chiefdoms, individuals are ranked according to seniority, but everyone is believed to have descended from a common set of ancestors.

Which of the following statements about nonstate societies is true?

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Age grades represent stages in one's life with specific tasks, obligations, and duties for the individuals in a given grade.

As an example of how virtually no one is immune from larger political and economic forces, the Yanomami tribal society of Brazil has suffered recent changes as a result of

What are the differences between shame and guilt? Why is it important for anthropologists interested in understanding sociopolitical organization to pay attention to people's concerns with shame or guilt in the communities they study?

Anthropologist Susan Kent notes a tendency to stereotype foragers, to treat them all as alike. They used to be stereotyped as isolated, primitive survivors of the Stone Age. Another, more recent, common stereotype of foragers sees them as

Tribal societies, which are typically organized by village life or membership in descent groups, tend to be egalitarian. However, egalitarianism diminishes

With the rise of states, kinship's role in society continued to grow and dominate daily activities.

In the context of tribal societies, what is a "big man"?

In chiefdoms, individuals are ranked according to seniority, but everyone is believed to have descended from a common set of ancestors.

Which of the following statements about nonstate societies is true?

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Applying Anthropology

Language and Communication

Ethnicity and Race

Making a Living

Gender

Families, Kinship, and Descent

Marriage

Religion

Arts, Media, and Sports

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

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