Exam 11: Politics, Warfare, and Law

By ensuring that the whole group will prevent a single individual from being politically dominant or from exercising undue coercive powers, reverse dominance accomplishes which of the following?

Unlike the political organization of tribes and bands, chiefdom political structures are well-defined, corporate entities.

Let us assume that the United States has just invaded Haiti and has installed a new government on the island. Will everyone in Haiti consider the new government to be a legitimate one or an illegitimate one? Why?

According to anthropologist Robert Carneiro, the objective of many chiefs was to do which of the following?

Archaeologist Timothy Earle suggests that the key factor in the evolution of chiefdoms was which of the following?

Compare and contrast the theories presented by Elman Service and Timothy Earle on the evolution of chiefdoms. What are the key points on which they differ? Given your understanding of chiefdoms, which theory do you prefer and why?

Ethnologist Leopold Pospisil has suggested that there are four criteria that must be present in order for a norm to be considered a law. Which of the following is one of these criteria?

Which of the following is a characteristic of the Chinese legal system?

A type of state that rules on the basis of religious authority is known as a __________.

Which of the following is a characteristic of societies organized as bands and tribes?

Nationalistic wars are usually waged for ideological rather than economic reasons.

The legal systems in Japan, Europe, and the United States are essentially the same because they arose from the common problems faced by all industrial states.

What are codified laws? How do they differ from other social controls? How and why do anthropologists think they evolved?

The settling of legal disputes by a centralized authority is known as __________.

Through the control of resources and surplus goods, chiefs were able to ensure loyalty and deference from the general population. This status and authority enabled the chiefs to do which of the following?

What is the difference between legitimate and illegitimate political power? Give an example of each.

Which of the following is a form of tribal political organization that is based on multiple descent groups that are interrelated and serve certain political functions?

Using a sociobiological model, anthropologist William Durham has suggested that tribal warfare is an adaptive reproductive strategy that increases inclusive fitness at the tribal level when groups are in competition.

In chiefdoms, the rule of primogeniture in the succession of political authority does which of the following?

What are the ways that a person can become chief in a chiefdom? What are the responsibilities of a chief? What are the limitations of a chief's power?