Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A) hard work. 
B) inherited status. 
C) generosity. 
D) personal charisma. 
E) accumulation of wealth. 
A) hard work. 
B) inherited status. 
C) generosity. 
D) personal charisma. 
E) accumulation of wealth.

Question 2

Which of the following societies has village heads?

Accepted Answer

A) Qashqai 
B) San 
C) Kapauku 
D) Yanomami 
E) Basseri 
A) Qashqai 
B) San 
C) Kapauku 
D) Yanomami 
E) Basseri

Question 3

What are the differences between open- and closed-class systems?

Accepted Answer

Open- and closed-class systems refer to

Question 4

Why does a big man accumulate wealth?

Accepted Answer

A) Big men are chiefs who are trying to make their achieved status more permanent by engaging in conspicuous symbolic displays of wealth. 
B) The term big man refers to the liminal state that a Kapauku youth enters before marriage, during which he accumulates wealth in order to fund the wedding and pay the brideprice. 
C) Big men typically are war leaders and as such they must maintain a supply of "grievance gifts" to compensate the families of warriors who die under their command. 
D) To become a big man, an individual must wear a tonowi shell necklace, which is imported from the coast and is therefore quite expensive by Kapauku standards. 
E) Big men do not keep the wealth they accumulate but rather redistribute it to create and maintain alliances with political supporters. 
A) Big men are chiefs who are trying to make their achieved status more permanent by engaging in conspicuous symbolic displays of wealth. 
B) The term big man refers to the liminal state that a Kapauku youth enters before marriage, during which he accumulates wealth in order to fund the wedding and pay the brideprice. 
C) Big men typically are war leaders and as such they must maintain a supply of "grievance gifts" to compensate the families of warriors who die under their command. 
D) To become a big man, an individual must wear a tonowi shell necklace, which is imported from the coast and is therefore quite expensive by Kapauku standards. 
E) Big men do not keep the wealth they accumulate but rather redistribute it to create and maintain alliances with political supporters.

Question 5

What is a "big man"?

Accepted Answer

A) A person who holds a permanent political office 
B) A hereditary ruler 
C) A person of influence and prestige 
D) A leader who avoids excessive displays of generosity 
E) A leader who has tremendous power because he is regarded as divine 
A) A person who holds a permanent political office 
B) A hereditary ruler 
C) A person of influence and prestige 
D) A leader who avoids excessive displays of generosity 
E) A leader who has tremendous power because he is regarded as divine

Question 6

What kind of exchange principle was prominent in Polynesian chiefdoms?

Accepted Answer

A) Market principle 
B) Redistribution 
C) Generalized reciprocity 
D) Balanced reciprocity 
E) Negative reciprocity 
A) Market principle 
B) Redistribution 
C) Generalized reciprocity 
D) Balanced reciprocity 
E) Negative reciprocity

Question 7

What is the primary difference between a village head and a "big man"?

Accepted Answer

A) A big man can enforce his decisions. 
B) A big man has supporters in multiple villages. 
C) A village head is a band leader, while a big man is a tribal leader. 
D) A big man's high status is ascribed, while a village head's high status is achieved. 
E) Village head is a permanent political office, while big man is a temporary position. 
A) A big man can enforce his decisions. 
B) A big man has supporters in multiple villages. 
C) A village head is a band leader, while a big man is a tribal leader. 
D) A big man's high status is ascribed, while a village head's high status is achieved. 
E) Village head is a permanent political office, while big man is a temporary position.

Question 8

For most of human history, people lived in societies characterized by what kind of sociopolitical organization?

Accepted Answer

A) Band 
B) Tribe 
C) Chiefdom 
D) State 
E) Complex chiefdom 
A) Band 
B) Tribe 
C) Chiefdom 
D) State 
E) Complex chiefdom

Question 9

An age set is an example of a pantribal sodality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Chiefs occupied formal offices and administered or regulated a series of villages.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

In order for a class system to be open, it must facilitate

Accepted Answer

A) apartheid. 
B) anomie. 
C) alienation. 
D) petty capitalism. 
E) vertical mobility. 
A) apartheid. 
B) anomie. 
C) alienation. 
D) petty capitalism. 
E) vertical mobility.

Question 12

Band leaders occupy official offices and are able to force other band members to obey their commands.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

According to Weber, what is the basis of social status?

Accepted Answer

A) Wealth 
B) Age 
C) Prestige 
D) Intelligence 
E) Power 
A) Wealth 
B) Age 
C) Prestige 
D) Intelligence 
E) Power

Question 14

The best known examples of pantribal sodalities existed among societies in

Accepted Answer

A) Melanesia. 
B) Polynesia. 
C) The Great Plains of North America. 
D) Southern Europe. 
E) Papua New Guinea. 
A) Melanesia. 
B) Polynesia. 
C) The Great Plains of North America. 
D) Southern Europe. 
E) Papua New Guinea.

Question 15

In which of kind of society is it most likely that leaders will acquire their positions as a result of their personal backgrounds or abilities, rather than heredity?

Accepted Answer

A) Tribal society 
B) Feudal state 
C) Imagined community 
D) Chiefdom 
E) Agrarian, preindustrial state 
A) Tribal society 
B) Feudal state 
C) Imagined community 
D) Chiefdom 
E) Agrarian, preindustrial state

Question 16

The most inhumane, coercive, and degrading form of stratification is

Accepted Answer

A) proletarianism. 
B) vertical mobility. 
C) slavery. 
D) an open-class system. 
E) capitalism. 
A) proletarianism. 
B) vertical mobility. 
C) slavery. 
D) an open-class system. 
E) capitalism.

Question 17

A caste system is characterized by all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) social status ascribed at birth. 
B) clearly defined distinctions between castes. 
C) religious and legal sanctions for people who cross caste lines. 
D) upward or downward change in a person's social status. 
E) shared social position with one's parents. 
A) social status ascribed at birth. 
B) clearly defined distinctions between castes. 
C) religious and legal sanctions for people who cross caste lines. 
D) upward or downward change in a person's social status. 
E) shared social position with one's parents.

Question 18

Population control in states refers to police and military forces.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The best known chiefdoms arose in Papua New Guinea and Melanesia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

Which of the following societies has village heads?

What are the differences between open- and closed-class systems?

Why does a big man accumulate wealth?

What is a "big man"?

What kind of exchange principle was prominent in Polynesian chiefdoms?

What is the primary difference between a village head and a "big man"?

For most of human history, people lived in societies characterized by what kind of sociopolitical organization?

An age set is an example of a pantribal sodality.

Chiefs occupied formal offices and administered or regulated a series of villages.

In order for a class system to be open, it must facilitate

Band leaders occupy official offices and are able to force other band members to obey their commands.

According to Weber, what is the basis of social status?

The best known examples of pantribal sodalities existed among societies in

In which of kind of society is it most likely that leaders will acquire their positions as a result of their personal backgrounds or abilities, rather than heredity?

The most inhumane, coercive, and degrading form of stratification is

A caste system is characterized by all of the following except

Population control in states refers to police and military forces.

The best known chiefdoms arose in Papua New Guinea and Melanesia.

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Exam 6: Political Systems

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

Which of the following societies has village heads?

What are the differences between open- and closed-class systems?

Why does a big man accumulate wealth?

What is a "big man"?

What kind of exchange principle was prominent in Polynesian chiefdoms?

What is the primary difference between a village head and a "big man"?

For most of human history, people lived in societies characterized by what kind of sociopolitical organization?

An age set is an example of a pantribal sodality.

Chiefs occupied formal offices and administered or regulated a series of villages.

In order for a class system to be open, it must facilitate

Band leaders occupy official offices and are able to force other band members to obey their commands.

According to Weber, what is the basis of social status?

The best known examples of pantribal sodalities existed among societies in

In which of kind of society is it most likely that leaders will acquire their positions as a result of their personal backgrounds or abilities, rather than heredity?

The most inhumane, coercive, and degrading form of stratification is

A caste system is characterized by all of the following except

Population control in states refers to police and military forces.

The best known chiefdoms arose in Papua New Guinea and Melanesia.

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Doing Anthropology

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Families, Kinship, and Marriage

Gender

Religion

Ethnicity and Race

Applying Anthropology

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

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