Question 1

In the pre-Civil War southern United States, gatherings of five or more slaves were forbidden unless a White person was present, because

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A) resistance was most likely to be expressed openly when Black slaves were provoked by the presence of White persons. 
B) resistance is most likely to be expressed openly when people are allowed to assemble. 
C) White persons were curious about the use of the story of Moses that was popular among slaves at the time. 
D) some Whites were eager to join the Black slaves in their plans, some successful, in establishing free communities in isolated areas. 
E) these Whites were actually covert anthropologists eager to study social relations during these politically difficult times. 
A) resistance was most likely to be expressed openly when Black slaves were provoked by the presence of White persons. 
B) resistance is most likely to be expressed openly when people are allowed to assemble. 
C) White persons were curious about the use of the story of Moses that was popular among slaves at the time. 
D) some Whites were eager to join the Black slaves in their plans, some successful, in establishing free communities in isolated areas. 
E) these Whites were actually covert anthropologists eager to study social relations during these politically difficult times.

Question 2

Social controls refers to the fields of the social system-beliefs, practices, and institutions-that are most actively involved in the maintenance of norms and the regulation of conflict.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What is hegemony?

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A) overt sociopolitical strategies used to control people 
B) use of social controls that induce guilt and shame in the population 
C) the critique of power by the oppressed that goes on offstage, in private, where the power holders can't see it 
D) a stratified social order in which subordinates comply with domination by internalizing their rulers' values and accepting the "naturalness" of domination 
E) open, public interactions between dominators and the oppressed-the outer shell of power relations 
A) overt sociopolitical strategies used to control people 
B) use of social controls that induce guilt and shame in the population 
C) the critique of power by the oppressed that goes on offstage, in private, where the power holders can't see it 
D) a stratified social order in which subordinates comply with domination by internalizing their rulers' values and accepting the "naturalness" of domination 
E) open, public interactions between dominators and the oppressed-the outer shell of power relations

Question 4

According to Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Foucault, it is easier and more effective to dominate people in their minds than to try to control their bodies.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Pantribal sodalities function to integrate the community by providing a series of important nonkin relationships.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What are the major results and implications of food production? How does reliance on food production affect the social, economic, and political organization of societies that practice it?

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The major results of food production inc

Question 7

Which of the following was NOT used by the traditional Inuit to handle disputes?

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A) blood feuds 
B) song contests 
C) killing of the offender 
D) courts of law 
E) kin ties 
A) blood feuds 
B) song contests 
C) killing of the offender 
D) courts of law 
E) kin ties

Question 8

The sociopolitical organization of foragers tends to be bands.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Foraging economies are usually associated with which type of sociopolitical organization?

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A) band 
B) tribal 
C) state 
D) chiefdom 
E) primate 
A) band 
B) tribal 
C) state 
D) chiefdom 
E) primate

Question 10

This chapter's description of the Makua of Mozambique illustrates the combination of newer and more traditional characteristics of the Makua's formal political system.Give three examples of how the formal and traditional systems mix.Would the duality of the Makua system have been revealed had the analysis of this community focused only on the formal aspects of social control?

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The formal and traditional systems of th

Question 11

According to Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Foucault,

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A) it is easier and more effective to dominate people in their minds than to try to control their bodies. 
B) if state institutions such as prisons and schools are able to control people's bodies, their minds will follow. 
C) anthropologists have no business studying the process of how the dominant ideology becomes internalized, since this is the job of psychologists and political scientists. 
D) overt violence is critical in order for a state to succeed in dominating its population. 
E) anatomically modern humans have a long way to go in the process of evolution, since they are so easily tricked into believing that forms of state control are both natural and good. 
A) it is easier and more effective to dominate people in their minds than to try to control their bodies. 
B) if state institutions such as prisons and schools are able to control people's bodies, their minds will follow. 
C) anthropologists have no business studying the process of how the dominant ideology becomes internalized, since this is the job of psychologists and political scientists. 
D) overt violence is critical in order for a state to succeed in dominating its population. 
E) anatomically modern humans have a long way to go in the process of evolution, since they are so easily tricked into believing that forms of state control are both natural and good.

Question 12

Population control in states refers to the police and military.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

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 14

Which of the following is NOT typical of state-level societies?

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A) a purely foraging-based subsistence strategy 
B) class stratification 
C) boundary maintenance systems 
D) intensive, managed agriculture 
E) a specialized decision-making system 
A) a purely foraging-based subsistence strategy 
B) class stratification 
C) boundary maintenance systems 
D) intensive, managed agriculture 
E) a specialized decision-making system

Question 15

Despite the analytical usefulness of learning about anthropologist Elman Service's typology of political organization into bands, tribes, chiefdoms, and states, it is important to remember that

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A) Bronislaw Malinowski first came up with this typology. 
B) it applies only to the reality of societies in the so-called Third World. 
C) none of these political entities, or polities, can be studied as a self-contained form of political organization, because all exist within nation-states. 
D) it has no practical value in ethnographic research, only in theoretical anthropology. 
E) people all over the world vocally reject being classified under such a typology and typically express their anger through hidden transcripts. 
A) Bronislaw Malinowski first came up with this typology. 
B) it applies only to the reality of societies in the so-called Third World. 
C) none of these political entities, or polities, can be studied as a self-contained form of political organization, because all exist within nation-states. 
D) it has no practical value in ethnographic research, only in theoretical anthropology. 
E) people all over the world vocally reject being classified under such a typology and typically express their anger through hidden transcripts.

Question 16

According to Max Weber, prestige is the basis of

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A) economic status. 
B) political status. 
C) social status. 
D) power. 
E) political capital. 
A) economic status. 
B) political status. 
C) social status. 
D) power. 
E) political capital.

Question 17

A big man's position depends on all of the following EXCEPT

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A) hard work. 
B) inherited inequality. 
C) generosity. 
D) personal charisma. 
E) creation of wealth superior to that of others. 
A) hard work. 
B) inherited inequality. 
C) generosity. 
D) personal charisma. 
E) creation of wealth superior to that of others.

Question 18

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

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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 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 ranchers.

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

This chapter describes various ways in which dominant members of society exert control over a population by resorting to indirect or even covert means.What are some examples of this? What concepts have some come up with to understand the social dynamics that arise from these situations? Can you think of some contemporary examples of the use of these means of control?

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Some examples of indirect or covert mean

In the pre-Civil War southern United States, gatherings of five or more slaves were forbidden unless a White person was present, because

Social controls refers to the fields of the social system-beliefs, practices, and institutions-that are most actively involved in the maintenance of norms and the regulation of conflict.

What is hegemony?

According to Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Foucault, it is easier and more effective to dominate people in their minds than to try to control their bodies.

Pantribal sodalities function to integrate the community by providing a series of important nonkin relationships.

What are the major results and implications of food production? How does reliance on food production affect the social, economic, and political organization of societies that practice it?

Which of the following was NOT used by the traditional Inuit to handle disputes?

The sociopolitical organization of foragers tends to be bands.

Foraging economies are usually associated with which type of sociopolitical organization?

According to Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Foucault,

Population control in states refers to the police and military.

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?

Which of the following is NOT typical of state-level societies?

Despite the analytical usefulness of learning about anthropologist Elman Service's typology of political organization into bands, tribes, chiefdoms, and states, it is important to remember that

According to Max Weber, prestige is the basis of

A big man's position depends on all of the following EXCEPT

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

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

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Exam 8: Political Systems

In the pre-Civil War southern United States, gatherings of five or more slaves were forbidden unless a White person was present, because

Social controls refers to the fields of the social system-beliefs, practices, and institutions-that are most actively involved in the maintenance of norms and the regulation of conflict.

What is hegemony?

According to Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Foucault, it is easier and more effective to dominate people in their minds than to try to control their bodies.

Pantribal sodalities function to integrate the community by providing a series of important nonkin relationships.

What are the major results and implications of food production? How does reliance on food production affect the social, economic, and political organization of societies that practice it?

Which of the following was NOT used by the traditional Inuit to handle disputes?

The sociopolitical organization of foragers tends to be bands.

Foraging economies are usually associated with which type of sociopolitical organization?

According to Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Foucault,

Population control in states refers to the police and military.

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?

Which of the following is NOT typical of state-level societies?

Despite the analytical usefulness of learning about anthropologist Elman Service's typology of political organization into bands, tribes, chiefdoms, and states, it is important to remember that

According to Max Weber, prestige is the basis of

A big man's position depends on all of the following EXCEPT

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

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

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

Filters