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

The presence and acceptance of which of the following is one of the key distinguishing features of a state?

Accepted Answer

A) gender differences in terms of access to resources 
B) generosity, even at the fiscal level 
C) rapport between the elites and commoners 
D) stratification 
E) the authority of charismatic leaders 
A) gender differences in terms of access to resources 
B) generosity, even at the fiscal level 
C) rapport between the elites and commoners 
D) stratification 
E) the authority of charismatic leaders

Question 3

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

Question 4

The influential sociologist Max Weber defined which three related dimensions of social stratification?

Accepted Answer

A) wealth, power, and prestige 
B) cultural capital, power, and population control 
C) superordinate, ordinate, and subordinate 
D) judiciary, enforcement, and fiscal 
E) selfishness, greed, and ignorance 
A) wealth, power, and prestige 
B) cultural capital, power, and population control 
C) superordinate, ordinate, and subordinate 
D) judiciary, enforcement, and fiscal 
E) selfishness, greed, and ignorance

Question 5

How do chiefdoms differ from states?

Accepted Answer

A) Chiefdoms are based on differential access. 
B) Chiefdoms lack socioeconomic stratification and stratum endogamy. 
C) Chiefdoms lack ascribed statuses. 
D) Chiefdoms have permanent political regulation. 
E) Chiefdoms have full-time religious specialists. 
A) Chiefdoms are based on differential access. 
B) Chiefdoms lack socioeconomic stratification and stratum endogamy. 
C) Chiefdoms lack ascribed statuses. 
D) Chiefdoms have permanent political regulation. 
E) Chiefdoms have full-time religious specialists.

Question 6

What factors are responsible for the variable development of political regulation and authority structures among pastoralists?

Accepted Answer

The variable development of political re

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

The elites of archaic states restricted access to sumptuary goods.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

The presence and acceptance of which of the following is one of the key distinguishing features of a state?

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

The influential sociologist Max Weber defined which three related dimensions of social stratification?

How do chiefdoms differ from states?

What factors are responsible for the variable development of political regulation and authority structures among pastoralists?

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

The elites of archaic states restricted access to sumptuary goods.

What Is Anthropology

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Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Applying Anthropology

Language and Communication

Ethnicity and Race

Making a Living

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Exam 8: Political Systems

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

The presence and acceptance of which of the following is one of the key distinguishing features of a state?

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

The influential sociologist Max Weber defined which three related dimensions of social stratification?

How do chiefdoms differ from states?

What factors are responsible for the variable development of political regulation and authority structures among pastoralists?

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

The elites of archaic states restricted access to sumptuary goods.

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