Chapter 14 things to know
Power
A student gathers other students to bring a parking issue to the attention of the college administration, leading to a beneficial change in allocation of campus parking spaces. Which of the following anthropological terms best explains the student's actions?
effects of humans on the environment
Chapter 14 begins with a discussion of 2015-16 protests and key conversations in three different places: Bangladesh, Paris, and American colleges and universities. What issue was being contested in those three places over a short timespan?
Frequent reconciliation during times of conflict
Frans de Waal suggests that the "myth of killer apes" is untrue based on his observations of what sort of behavior among bonobos?
Chiefdom
In Polynesia, multiple villages are allied under the control of one paramount leader. Which of the following terms best describes this system?
Egalitarian
Many foraging bands go to great lengths to suppress hierarchy and enhance cooperation through shared consensus-building instead of the appointment of a clear leader. Which term best describes societies that use this approach?
Vertical encompassment
Modern state societies tend to assert their authority in large part through routine and repetitive acts (e.g., mail delivery, jury duty, voter registration), leading the state to seem all-controlling and overarching via a process best described using which of the following terms?
Agency
Sue the student chooses to challenge what she sees as an unfair policy in student governance at her university. Which of the following terms best applies to her action?
Political anthropology
The specialization within anthropology that focuses on human political organization is best known as which of the following?
Civil Society Organization
There has been a clear rise in power associated with nongovernmental groups that seek to challenge state policies. Such organizations are known as which of the following?
Hegemony
Threat and force can be used to establish state power, but many of the beliefs and agreements held in common by members of state society are created through which of the following nonthreatening or forceful means?
Tribe
Which of the following human political group types was once common but now less so as groups of this type are less able to live outside of the political oversight of a nation?
citizens owe primary allegiances to the state, as opposed to local family, religious, or ethnic networks
Which of the following is a characteristic associated with the modern state?
Amnesty International
Which of the following is a civil society organization?
Bands
Which of the following is a type of human political system?
Occupy Wall Street
Which of the following is an example of a social movement?
glorification of war as a means of shaping political culture within a state
Which of the following might be considered in contemporary anthropological studies of militarization?
State
Which of the following political systems is MOST common today, owing to the rise of agriculture in human societies?
Band
Which of the following terms best describes a small group of foragers who see themselves as related?
Tribe
Which of the following was originally conceptualized by anthropologists as a distinct assemblage of multiple bands imagining themselves to have a common ancestor?
