ANT 202 WEEK 6 QUIZ

ANT 202 WEEK 6 QUIZ
1 Politics is difficult to define cross-culturally because:
a.   leadership is inherited in some cultures.
b.   individual cultures do not view the use of power as a political force.
c.   one culture views another culture's politics ethnocentrically.
d.   there are few common features in political systems.
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2.	An anthropological study of politics will include a consideration of:
a.   power and authority.
b.   sanctions.
c.   decision making.
d.   all of the choices apply.
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3.	The ability to influence people and cause them to do things they would not do otherwise is called:
a.   authority.
b.   power.
c.   coercive power.
d.   legitimate power.
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4.	A group of people who have a similar relationship to the mechanisms of wealth, power, and social status is termed a(n):
a.   class.
b.   stratified group.
c.   caste.
d.   age set.
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5.	An industrial society's police force is an example of the legitimate use of:
a.   power.
b.   political sanctions.
c.   wealth.
d.   authority.
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6.	According to Elman Service, the basic types of political structure include:
a.   bands, tribes, and kingdoms.
b.   bands, tribes, and states.
c.   bands, tribes, chiefdoms, and states.
d.   bands, tribes, chiefdoms, and nations.
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7.	The Ju/'hoansi are best described as a band because:
a.   leadership is inherited.
b.   they have an egalitarian social structure.
c.   leaders require gifts from the community.
d.   the leader is called a Big Man.
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8.	Bands are very flexible social groupings because:
a.   leaders continually rotate positions of authority.
b.   leadership is not concentrated in one individual.
c.   food resources are concentrated in one area.
d.   the kinship division of labor is egalitarian.
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9.	Which term has been used to designate a stage in human evolution, as a term for "primitive" people, and as a political system of non-state societies?
a.   band
b.   chiefdom
c.   tribe
d.   hunter-gatherer
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10.	Chiefdoms differ from tribes primarily as a result of the:
a.   environments they inhabit.
b.   accumulation of goods.
c.   hereditary office of chief.
d.   domestic mode of production.
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11.	A sodality is associated with a(n):
a.   egalitarian kinship organization.
b.   similar residence location.
c.   similar kinship affiliation.
d.   shared interests and concerns among its members.
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12.	Rank societies are those where individuals gain prestige and wealth by using:
a.   coercive power.
b.   persuasive power.
c.   coercive authority.
d.   simple authority.
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13.	The aboriginal Washo had leaders who:
a.   were elders of the senior clan.
b.   had special knowledge and skills.
c.   had inherited the role of leader.
d.   were elected by the group.
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14.	Among the Siuai of the Solomon Islands, becoming a leader requires:
a.   generosity in gift giving and providing feasts.
b.   being the most successful hunter.
c.   having a charismatic personality.
d.   raising the most pigs.
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15.	Inuit (Eskimo) song duels are considered:
a.   formal means of social control.
b.   informal means of social control.
c.   part of the court system.
d.   part of the moot system.