political systems

formal, socially approved use of power

authority

loosely organized kin-ordered group

bands

what are the two types of uncentralized political organizations?

bands, tribes

regional, ranked society where 2+ local groups are organized under a single ruler

cheifdoms

what are the two types of centralized political organizations?

cheifdoms, states

tribes ___ __ have to be kin-groups (ex. tiriki of east africa)

do not

Tribes have a village ___ or "___ ___" (ex. kapauku in western new guinea)

head, big man

tribes are ____ or ____

horticulture, pastoralist

give an example of a band

ju

cheifdoms social relations based mainly on ___, but differential access to ___

kinship, resources

list the 3 centralized characteristics

larger populations, centralized leader with authority, permanent political structure

In uncentralized political organizations ____ do not have authority to enforce ___ and decisions are made through ___

leaders, compliance, council

in cheifdoms rulers usually for ___ and ____

life, hereditary

In tribes groups come together when ____, their political unit is ___.

needed, clan

states bring ____ together under a ___ government (ex. traditional swaziland)

nonrelatives, single

ability to exercise one's will over others

power

states- usually a group of people in ___

power

cheifdoms typically have ____ system

redistributive

bands are ____ populations, their political unit is ____ and it is typical among _____

small, family, foragers

Name two uncentralized characteristics?

smaller populations, no central authority

states have ____ stratification

socioeconomic

manage and defend a complex, socially stratified society within a defined territory

states

kin-ordered group politically integrated by a unifying factor (common ancestry, language, culture, and territory)

tribes

cheifdoms can be ____ (Ex. kpelle in liberia)

unstable

states are typically ___

unstable