Cultural Anthropology Quiz 6

A group with a foraging economy is most likely going to have which type of sociopolitical organization? Select one: A. a band B. a chiefdom C. a tribe D. a state E. band or tribe

A. a band

Sociologist Max Weber defined three dimensions of social stratification that included all of the following except _____. Select one: A. gender as a personal status B. prestige as a social status C. wealth as an economic status D. power as a political status

A. gender as a personal status

Elman Service's typology of political organization includes all of the following except _____. Select one: A. international alliance B. tribe C. chiefdom D. band E. state

A. international alliance

Which of the following social features is unique to state organization? Select one: A. stratification B. prestige C. nuclear family D. differential access to resources E. power

A. stratification

Sociopolitical organization as a state was marked by the emergence of __________. Select one: A. the chief B. the pantribal sodality C. the president D. the big man E. the headman

A. the chief

Which of the following is true of traditional bands? Select one: A. Bands were permanent. B. Bands are egalitarian with regard to power and authority. C. Thefts are common. D. The nuclear family is the only significant social group. E. Bands have no methods of social control or dispute settlement.

B. Bands are egalitarian with regard to power and authority.

Why does Kottak question Morton Fried's definition of political organization? Select one: A. Fried sees political organizations as part of social organization. B. Fried's definition applies mostly to societies organized as states. C. Fried fails to deal with issues of authority. D. Fried fails to deal with issues of power. E. Fried's definition applies mostly to chiefdoms.

B. Fried's definition applies mostly to societies organized as states.

Which of the following is true of pastoralism? Select one: A. Pastoralists encounter little ethnic conflict. B. State political authority is frequently required to regulate pasture lands. C. Pastoralists all have the same basic political system D. Pastoralists mostly survive without loyalty to a nation-state. E. Modern pastoralists have been able to maintain their personal, kinship based political systems.

B. State political authority is frequently required to regulate pasture lands.

Which of the following statements about a big man is true? Select one: A. The big man usually has less wealth than his neighbors. B. The big man has authority among several villages. C. The Melanesian big man is just like the Yanomami village head. D. Only certain men in a society are permitted to achieve the status of a big man

B. The big man has authority among several villages.

All of the following are typical features of chiefdoms except _____. Select one: A. differential access to resources B. social relations based primarily on kinship and gender C. part-time political specialists D. chiefly redistribution

C. part-time political specialists

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a big man? Select one: A. lots of pigs B. eloquence C. hard work D. hereditary power E. generosity F. supernatural power

D. hereditary power

Which of the following statements about sodalities is false? Select one: A. Sodalities are often based on age or gender. B. Plains Indian tribes developed pantribal sodalities to regulate the summer buffalo hunts. C. Sodalities serve to link local groups. D. Pantribal sodalities were most likely to develop where there was intertribal warfare. E. Linkage through sodalities is based on kinship.

E. Linkage through sodalities is based on kinship.

Which of the following statements about tribes is false? Select one: A. Tribes often live in villages. B. Tribes lack sure means to enforce political decisions. C. Tribes lack formal government. D. Tribes usually are either horticultural or pastoral. E. Tribes typically have a class structure.

E. Tribes typically have a class structure.

Which of the following is an achieved status? A. daughter B. age C. African-American D. sibling E. father

E. father

Which concept, developed by Antonio Gramsci, describes the way that people in a stratified social order simply accept their domination as the natural order of things? Select one: a. hegemony b. ethnocide c. Westernization d. acculturation e. cultural imperialism

a. hegemony

Living in state societies has all of the following characteristics except ______. Select one: a. The taxes of common people are used for the general good and for the state itself. b. Common people are usually able to work less than people in non-states. c. Common people are obligated to support non-relatives. d. Common people receive less in redistributed taxes than is common in chiefdoms. e. Common people lose the freedom to produce and consume whatever they wish.

b. Common people are usually able to work less than people in non-states.

Which of the following is true of shame and guilt? Select one: a. Shame is produced by internal guilt. b. Guilt is an individual's internal emotional state. c. Gossip usually leads to guilt. d. Igbo market women changed British colonial policies by producing guilt. e. Shame is a prominent feature of Western social control.

b. Guilt is an individual's internal emotional state.

Which of the following is a way that dominators can discourage or curb resistance? a. encourage subordinates to participate in dialogues with the dominant group b. get subordinates to internalize a dominant ideology c. provide settings where subordinates can express hidden transcripts d. encourage subordinates to assemble e. promote stories that celebrate freedom, thus providing an outlet for pent-up frustrations

b. get subordinates to internalize a dominant ideology

Where do hidden transcripts tend to be publicly expressed? Select one: a. in chance meetings between subordinates and dominators b. in deeds rather than words c. at small family gatherings d. at festivals and markets e. in words rather than deeds

d. at festivals and markets

Gender stratification, or the unequal distribution of power, prestige and personal freedom among men and women, ________________. Select one: A. occurs most frequently among tribal cultivators B. increases as the size of the group or population density increases C. occurs most frequently among foragers D. increases as population density decreases E. never occurs among horticultualists

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