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QUESTION 1

  1. A kinship relationship based on a blood connection is called

clan.

consanguineal.

affinal.

collateral.

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QUESTION 2

  1. A kinship relationship based on a marriage connection is called

patrilineal.

consanguineal.

affinal.

collateral.

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QUESTION 3

  1. A nuclear family consists of all of the following EXCEPT

mother

father

siblings

grandparents

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QUESTION 4

  1. Family that include persons that are not kin are called

blended families

single-parent families

expanded families

extended families

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QUESTION 5

  1. Of the following marriage patterns, which is most preferred in 79 percent of the world’s cultures?

monogamy

polyandry

group

polygyny

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QUESTION 6

  1. Bridewealth/brideprice refers to

gifts from the groom’s family to the bride’s family.

wealth brought with the bride when she marries.

wealth already owned by the bride.

wealth accumulated prior to marriage.

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QUESTION 7

  1. Which of the following marriage patterns allows the newly married couple to choose where they live?

bilocal residence

neolocal residence

avunculocal residence

matrilocal residence.

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QUESTION 8

  1. The half-marriage of the Yurok (Lower Klamath River in northwestern California) served to

allow poor men of low rank to marry by paying reduced bridewealth.

allowed men to maintain families in two different villages.

required a man to live with his wife for only half of the year while he worked out of the area to earn money for bridewealth payments.

gave a man prestige because he maintained two such marriages at the same time.

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QUESTION 9

  1. In which residence form does the newly married couple live with the bride’s mother?

neolocal

patrilocal

matrilocal

avunculocal

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QUESTION 10

  1. What marriage rule functions to assure that a man will have a replacement wife when his wife dies?

levirate

sororate

exogamy

endogamy

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QUESTION 11

  1. In the sample societies discussed in the text, which form of postmarital residence is the most common (i.e., found in most cultures)?

neolocal

matrilocal

patrilocal

avunculocal

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QUESTION 12

  1. What marriage rule functions to assure that a widow and her children are provided for?

levirate

sororate

exogamy

endogamy

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QUESTION 13

  1. You are an ethnographer whose data on residence customs after marriage show that 65% of couples live with the groom’s MoBr. Your ethnography would report that _____ residence is the most common.

patrilocal

matrilocal

avunculocal

bilocal

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QUESTION 14

  1. A marriage rule requiring an individual to marry someone in his or her own social group is called

a lineage rule.

an exogamous rule.

a clan rule.

an endogamous rule.

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QUESTION 15

  1. One function of matrilocal residence is that it

keeps consanguineally related men together.

keeps consanguineally related women together.

keeps men together for warfare.

it maintains close ties between the kin of the bride and groom.

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QUESTION 16

  1. If someone is your affine (or affinal relative), you are related by

blood.

marriage.

clan.

lineage.

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QUESTION 17

  1. The advantages of polygyny across cultures include all of the following EXCEPT

more wives means more sexual variety and access.

having more than one wife is a mark of prestige for both husband and wife.

more wives means more children, and more children brings status.

more wives means more workers, which means more wealth.

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QUESTION 18

  1. Tibet has a polyandrous marriage system in part because

there is a shortage of women owing to the practice of infanticide.

polyandry limits population growth.

women own the wealth.

families want to avoid dividing land between brothers.

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QUESTION 19

  1. Which form of marriage found in Melanesia and elsewhere potentially gives a man the most political status?

polyandry

polygyny

monogamy

group marriage

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QUESTION 20

  1. This type of marriage finance is characteristic of many arranged marriages between those of Indian descent in North America.

dowry

bridewealth

brideprice

groom payment

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QUESTION 21

  1. According to "When Brothers Share a Wife," polyandry in Tibet:

is considered detrimental to social structure.

is based on the need for population growth.

consists of brothers marrying the same woman.

causes early death for many women.

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QUESTION 22

  1. As described in "When Brothers Share a Wife," unmarried women were found to do all of the following EXCEPT:

set up their own household.

have more children on average than married women.

become Buddhist nuns.

work as servants for other families.

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QUESTION 23

  1. The compatibility of the spouses in a traditional arranged marriage in Japan is, as discussed in "Who Needs Love! In Japan, Many Couples Don't":

extremely high when compared with the compatibility of spouses in other countries.

somewhat higher than average when compared with the compatibility of spouses in other countries.

somewhat lower than average when compared with the compatibility of spouses in other countries.

extremely low when compared with the compatibility of spouses in other countries.

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QUESTION 24

  1. Family that include persons that are not kin are called 

blended families

expanded families

single-parent families

extended families

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QUESTION 25

  1. As reported in “Rising Number of Dowry Deaths in India,” many of the victims of dowry murder are killed, and the murder explained as accident or suicide, by:

poison.

being doused in kerosene and set alight.

drowning.

gunshots.

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QUESTION 26

  1.  Anthropological research has demonstrated that supernatural beings and forces exist in what percentage of the world's cultures? 

 50 percent

 80 percent

 95 percent

100 percent

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QUESTION 27

  1. As seen in Saheri’s Choice, child marriage is still practiced in rural areas in India

True

False

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QUESTION 28

  1. As mentioned in “Rising Number of Dowry Deaths in India,” demands for dowry can go on for years after the marriage, especially on the occasion of religious ceremonies or:

the birth of children.

death of one of the bride’s parents.

the purchase of a home by the groom.

when the wife gains a promotion at work.

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QUESTION 29

  1. An alternate term for matrilocal residence is 

uxorilocal

virilocal

bilocal

matrifocal

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QUESTION 30

  1. The avunculocal residence pattern functions to place the couple with a 

male member of the young man's lineage.

male member of the young man's kindred.

 female member of the young man's lineage.

female member of the young man's clan.

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QUESTION 31

  1. In which residence form does the newly married couple live with the bride's mother? 

 neolocal

patrilocal

matrilocal

 avunculocal

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QUESTION 32

  1. If this is a society with avunculocal residence rules, with whom would 11 and 12 reside?


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10

13

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QUESTION 33

  1. All of the following are goals or aims that kinship systems achieve for their group members EXCEPT

identify political leaders.

organize people into groups.

direct people’s behavior.

provides security for the group.

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QUESTION 34

  1. Which of the following descent groups are predominate in the United States and Europe?

patrilineal

matrilineal

ambilineal

bilateral

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QUESTION 35

  1. In which terminological system is Mo and MoSi called by the same term and Fa and FaBr called by the same term?

Inuit

Hawaïen

Iroquois

Sudanese

1 points   

QUESTION 36

  1. In what descent group do individuals trace their descent to a known ancestor?

clan

lineage

phratry

kindred

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QUESTION 37

  1. In the Inuit terminological system, what does Ego call "her" or his mother’s brother’s daughter?

sister

cousin

aunt

sister-in-law

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QUESTION 38

  1. In the Iroquois terminological system, what does Ego call "his" or her mother’s sister?

sister

aunt

mother’s sister

mother

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QUESTION 39

  1. In this type of descent group, two individuals cannot actually trace how they are related by blood; rather, they trace their descent to a mythical ancestor.

clan

lineage

phratry

moieties

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QUESTION 40

  1. In Figure 0801, what specific type of marriage does 27 have?


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polygamous

polgynous

polyandrous

monogamous

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QUESTION 41

  1. If 25 is Ego in Figure 0801, which individuals are part of Ego’s nuclear family of orientation?


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15, 16 and 25

13, 14, 15, 16, and 25

14, 15, 17, and 19

none shown

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QUESTION 42

  1. If 25 is Ego In Figure 0801, her parallel cousins are


FIGURE0801.docx

20 and 27.

20, 22, and 23.

14, 17, 22, and 23.

22, 23, and 27.

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QUESTION 43

  1. If 27 is Ego in Figure 0801 and belongs to a society that practices Inuit terminology, which relatives would he call by the same term?



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9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 19

7, 8, 14, and 15

22, 23, and 25

20, 22, 23, and 25

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QUESTION 44

  1. If 10 is Ego in Figure 0801, her cross-cousins are


FIGURE0801.docx

14, 15, 17, and 19.

22, 23, 25, and 27.

31.

none shown

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QUESTION 45

  1. If 27 is Ego in Figure 0801, his cross cousins are


FIGURE0801.docx

none shown.

22, 23, 25.

33, 34, 20, 21.

20.

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QUESTION 46

  1. If 23 is Ego in Figure 0801, which individuals are part of Ego's nuclear family of procreation?


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23, 24, 32.

13, 14, 22, 23.

2,3, 13, 14, 22, 23, 24, 32.

1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 13, 14, 22.

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QUESTION 47

  1. If 20 is Ego in Figure 0801, his parallel cousins are


FIGURE0801.docx

33, 34, 22, 23.

33, 34.

22, 23.

none are shown.

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QUESTION 48

  1. A significant advantage of unilineal descent groups is that they

facilitate property inheritance.

determine residence.

dictate appropriate marriage partners.

control the choice of a chief.

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QUESTION 49

  1. If your informant describes how her peers treat her differently because her father is an important film star, this is termed her _____ status.

earned

achieved

ascribed

ancillary

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QUESTION 50

  1. An informant tells a fieldworker that the preferred marriage custom in his culture is for a man to marry his mother’s brother’s daughter. The fieldworker would label this as an example of what type of marriage?

lineage double descent

parallel cousin

cross-cousin

clan

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QUESTION 51

  1. The Inuit kinship terminological system was so named because it was

only used by the Inuit.

first described for the Inuit.

only found among such foraging societies as the Inuit.

a primary feature of aboriginal arctic societies.

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QUESTION 52

  1. A bifurcate kinship system is one where

all cousins are called by the same term.

each member of a kin group is called by a different term.

ego labels father’s side of the kin group differently than mother’s side.

ego calls two different generations by different terms.

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QUESTION 53

  1. The Yanomamo use kin terms where a male ego calls his FaSiDa and his MoBrDa by the term suaboya—this translates to the English term “wife.” All individuals in the suaboya category are ego’s ideal marriage partners. This case exemplifies which terminological system?

Inuit

Hawaiian

Iroquois

none of these

1 points   

QUESTION 54

  1. A part-time practitioner who has special abilities for handling supernatural forces is called a 

 shaman.

 priest.

 imam.

rabbi.

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QUESTION 55

  1. Which of the following is an example of a third gender role found in India?

mahu

Zuni

berdache

hijras

1 points   

QUESTION 56

  1. Failure to obey one of the Judeo-Christian Ten Commandments would bring negative sanctions from a group. This is a direct example of which supernatural function? The 

 cohesive function.

 disciplining function.

revitalizing function.

 supportive function.

1 points   

QUESTION 57

  1. The story of Sedna, the Inuit goddess, best fulfills which of the following functions of belief systems? 

 explanation

 revitalization

 euphoria

ecological

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QUESTION 58

  1.  A group gathering for a funeral ceremony best exemplifies which supernatural function? 

the euphoric function

the ecological function

 disciplining function

the supportive function

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QUESTION 59

  1. The term mana is best defined as 

 a supernatural impersonal force.

a member of a hierarchy of priests.

 the implements used in magical ceremonies.

a ritual of intensification.

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QUESTION 60

  1. Failure to obey one of the Judeo-Christian Ten Commandments would bring negative sanctions from a group. This is a direct example of which supernatural function? The 

 cohesive function.

 disciplining function.

 revitalizing function.

 supportive function.

1 points   

QUESTION 61

  1. Sacred cattle in India are adaptive because they fulfill all of these ecological functions of supernatural beliefs EXCEPT this one: 

Cattle supply cheap energy to pull plows.

 Cattle dung becomes fuel for cooking.

Cattle provide meat protein in the diet.

 Cattle dung becomes fertilizer for crops   

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QUESTION 62

  1. Which of the following is a supernatural being with the potential to cause harm to the living? 


ghost

 soul

 hobbit
 

fairy 

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QUESTION 63

  1. Yanomamo shamans use which of the following methods to contact the spirit world? 



prolonged and physically demanding dancing

 

mind-altering drugs

 

dream interpretation

listening to rhythmic music

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QUESTION 64

  1. A man wants a woman to fall in love with him. He pays a shaman to use imitative magic to help him achieve his goal. Which of the following imitative magic techniques would the shaman use? 

Give the man a rabbit's foot to carry.

Gather the man's family to petition the love god.

Have the man carry a locket of the woman's hair.

Make a clay figurine of the man and the woman together.

1 points   

QUESTION 65

  1. If a culture believes that a god wants a deceased person to join him in the afterlife, this would be an example of what supernatural function? The 

explanatory function.

supportive function.

revitalizing function.
 

 ecological function.

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QUESTION 66

  1. The Yanomamo belief that stingy souls are sent to the place of fire and that generous souls will travel to the place of tranquility is an example of what supernatural function? The 

cohesive function.

revitalizing function.
 

disciplining function.

 ecological function. 

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QUESTION 67

  1. Which of the following is NOT a function of supernatural belief systems: 

 cohesion

 revitalization

education

magic  

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QUESTION 68

  1. Saying grace—or any prayer—before every meal is an example of what supernatural function? The 


supportive function.

disciplining function.  

educational function.

revitalizing function.

1.5 points   

QUESTION 69

  1.  Which of the following is a rite of intensification? 

The celebration of an employee's retirement.  

An American family celebrating the Fourth of July with a party.

A couple celebrating fifty years of marriage.

 Your child's sixteenth birthday party.

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QUESTION 70

  1. Tricksters are distinguished by the fact that they 

intend to hurt people.

play practical jokes.
 

become ghosts when they die.
 

 are all-powerful.

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QUESTION 71

  1. Polytheistic belief systems can be defined as belief systems 

where special knowledge is held by shamans.

consisting of one all-powerful god or goddess.

where both supernatural forces and beings are found.

 

consisting of multiple gods or goddesses.

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QUESTION 72

  1.  The story of Sedna, the Inuit goddess, best fulfills which of the following functions of belief systems? 


 revitalization

 euphoria

 explanation
 

 ecological  

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QUESTION 73

  1. The Hindu religion's tradition of not eating beef is an example of which supernatural function?  The 


euphoric function.
 

 supportive function.

 ecological function.

explanatory function.  

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QUESTION 74

  1.  An anthropologist might argue that a scarf worn by Elvis Presley would bring a high auction price because some North Americans believe the scarf 

 was used by a trickster.

is inhabited by a poltergeist.

 has mana.

 has imitative magic.  

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QUESTION 75

  1. Among Christians socially disruptive behavior may be attributed to the action of a 


 trickster.

soul.

goddess.

 demon.   

1 points   

QUESTION 76

  1. Anthropological research has demonstrated that supernatural beings and forces exist in what percentage of the world's cultures? 

 50 percent

 80 percent

 95 percent

100 percent  

1 points   

QUESTION 77

  1. A rite of passage will usually involve what steps? 

withdrawal, initiation, and incorporation.
 

separation, initiation, and incorporation.

separation, transition, and incorporation.

 withdrawal, transition, and incorporation  

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QUESTION 78

  1. A major difference between a rite of passage and a rite of intensification is that 

rites of passage are generally associated with religious beliefs; rites of intensification are not.

ceremonies associated with rites of passage last several days while those associated with rites of intensification last a week or more.

 rites of passage involve the entire community; rites of intensification only involve the individual who is undergoing a social change in their status and social role.

rites of passage focus on the individual; rites of intensification focus on the group.

1 points   

QUESTION 79

  1.  According to "The Secrets of Haiti's Living Dead," legend has it that zombies are:

     

gods.

     

malevolent spirits.

     

voodoo priests.

     

the living dead.

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QUESTION 80

  1.  

Vodoun society, as described in "The Secrets of Haiti's LivingDead," may be characterized as all of the following EXCEPT:

   

an educational system.

    

  a legal system.

    

a medical system.

   

 a commercial system.

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QUESTION 81

  1. As noted in "The Secrets of Haiti's Living Dead," voodoo is used  to:

    

  rule by intimidation and fear.

     

prevent religious conversion to Christianity.

     

solve complex social problems.

     

regulate social behavior.

1.5 points   

QUESTION 82

  1.  In "The Secrets of Haiti's Living Dead," voodoo is described as:

    

 a sophisticated religion with African roots.

     

superstition.

     

folklore.

    

a complex religious code developed by and specific to Haitians.

 

1.5 points   

QUESTION 83

  1. The ability to influence people and cause them to do things they would not do otherwise is called 

 authority.

power.

 coercive power.

legitimate power. 

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QUESTION 84

  1. An anthropological study of politics will include a consideration of 


 sanctions.

power and authority.

decision making.

 all of the above   

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QUESTION 85

  1. To make people do his bidding, a Yanomamo headman has 

power, but not authority.

authority, but not power.

 limited authority

 sanctions he controls  

1 points   

QUESTION 86

  1. An industrial society's police force is an example of the legitimate use of 

power.

 political sanctions.

wealth.

authority.

1 points   

QUESTION 87

  1. Cephu, a Mbuti pygmy who was caught stealing meat from the group, was punished by 

 exile from the group.

physical punishment.

 ridicule and ostracism.

 fines in the form of material goods.

1 points   

QUESTION 88

  1. Inuit (Eskimo) song duels are considered 

 formal means of social control.

 informal means of social control.

 part of the court system.

 part of the moot system.

1 points   

QUESTION 89

  1. An anthropological study of politics will include a consideration of 

sanctions.

 power and authority.

decision making.

 all of the above   

1 points   

QUESTION 90

  1. The ability to influence people and cause them to do things they would not do otherwise is called 

authority.

power.

coercive power.

legitimate power.   

1 points   

QUESTION 91

  1. To make people do his bidding, a Yanomamo headman has 

power, but not authority.

 authority, but not power.

limited authority
 

sanctions he controls 

1 points   

QUESTION 92

  1. An industrial society's police force is an example of the legitimate use of 

 power.

 political sanctions.

 wealth.

 authority.  

1 points   

QUESTION 93

  1. Cephu, a Mbuti pygmy who was caught stealing meat from the group, was punished by 

 exile from the group.

 physical punishment.

ridicule and ostracism.

fines in the form of material goods   

1 points   

QUESTION 94

  1. Inuit (Eskimo) song duels are considered 

 formal means of social control.

informal means of social control.

part of the court system.

 part of the moot system.   

1 points   

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