Exam 10: Chiefdoms

Regional symbiosis:

During a potlatch among the Northwest Coast Indians, the more gifts that were given or destroyed by a chief, the higher his status.

A chiefdom is a type of society that is intermediate in form between the band, tribal societies, and formally structured bureaucratic state societies.

What are the ways a person could become chief in a chiefdom? What were the responsibilities of a chief? What were the limitations to a chief's power?

Societies such as the Kwakiutl and Bella Coola of the Northwest Coast of North America are classified as chiefdoms, even though they had hunting and gathering economies and did not practice any horticulture or agriculture.

The term "barter" is used to refer to:

Aside from the prestige factors associated with the potlatch among the Northwest Coast Indians, what other functions did these ceremonies have, and what were the implications?

As illustrated by the Natchez Indians of the Mississippi region, marriage in chiefdom societies often:

Malinowski has argued that economic production and exchange in the Trobriand Islands are closely tied to the social and cultural norms of the kula exchange.

In chiefdom societies:

Chiefdoms are hierarchically ranked societies.

Archaeologist Timothy Earle suggests that the key factor in the evolution of chiefdoms was:

In Polynesia, a powerful chief would have been considered by other members of his culture to have more mana than a commoner.

The political and legal authority of Hawaiian, Tonga, and Tahitian chiefs was reinforced by a religious and ideological system based on social inequalities. This system was called:

Which of the following is most likely to be interpreted by an archaeologist as evidence for the existence of a chiefdom society?

The political structures of chiefdoms differ from those of tribes because in a chiefdom:

Through the control of resources and surplus goods, chiefs were able to ensure loyalty and deference from the general population. This status and authority en?abled the chiefs to do all of the following EXCEPT:

A major function of music, dance, and poetry in chiefdom societies was to:

The ancient chiefs of Hawaii often sought to legitimize their authority through ritual human sacrifice.

Chiefs often maintained political legitimacy through rituals and religious beliefs.