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QUESTION 1
A kinship relationship based on a blood connection is called
clan. | ||
consanguineal. | ||
affinal. | ||
collateral. |
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QUESTION 2
A kinship relationship based on a marriage connection is called
patrilineal. | ||
consanguineal. | ||
affinal. | ||
collateral. |
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QUESTION 3
A nuclear family consists of all of the following EXCEPT
mother | ||
father | ||
siblings | ||
grandparents |
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QUESTION 4
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
If someone is your affine (or affinal relative), you are related by
blood. | ||
marriage. | ||
clan. | ||
lineage. |
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QUESTION 17
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. |
1 points
QUESTION 26
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
As seen in Saheri’s Choice, child marriage is still practiced in rural areas in India
True | ||
False |
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QUESTION 28
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
An alternate term for matrilocal residence is
uxorilocal | ||
virilocal | ||
bilocal | ||
matrifocal |
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QUESTION 30
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
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
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
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
Which of the following descent groups are predominate in the United States and Europe?
patrilineal | ||
matrilineal | ||
ambilineal | ||
bilateral |
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QUESTION 35
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 |
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QUESTION 36
In what descent group do individuals trace their descent to a known ancestor?
clan | ||
lineage | ||
phratry | ||
kindred |
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QUESTION 37
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
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
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
In Figure 0801, what specific type of marriage does 27 have?
FIGURE0801.docx
polygamous | ||
polgynous | ||
polyandrous | ||
monogamous |
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QUESTION 41
If 25 is Ego in Figure 0801, which individuals are part of Ego’s nuclear family of orientation?
FIGURE0801.docx
15, 16 and 25 | ||
13, 14, 15, 16, and 25 | ||
14, 15, 17, and 19 | ||
none shown |
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QUESTION 42
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
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
If 10 is Ego in Figure 0801, her cross-cousins are
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14, 15, 17, and 19. | ||
22, 23, 25, and 27. | ||
31. | ||
none shown |
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QUESTION 45
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
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
If 20 is Ego in Figure 0801, his parallel cousins are
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33, 34, 22, 23. | ||
33, 34. | ||
22, 23. | ||
none are shown. |
1.5 points
QUESTION 48
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
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
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
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
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. |
1 points
QUESTION 53
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 |
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QUESTION 54
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
Which of the following is an example of a third gender role found in India?
mahu | ||
Zuni | ||
berdache | ||
hijras |
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QUESTION 56
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 |
1 points
QUESTION 64
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
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. |
1 points
QUESTION 66
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. |
1 points
QUESTION 67
Which of the following is NOT a function of supernatural belief systems:
cohesion | ||
revitalization | ||
education | ||
magic |
1 points
QUESTION 68
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
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
Tricksters are distinguished by the fact that they
intend to hurt people. | ||
play practical jokes. | ||
become ghosts when they die. | ||
are all-powerful. |
1 points
QUESTION 71
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. |
1 points
QUESTION 72
The story of Sedna, the Inuit goddess, best fulfills which of the following functions of belief systems?
revitalization | ||
euphoria | ||
explanation | ||
ecological |
1 points
QUESTION 73
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. |
1 points
QUESTION 74
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. |
1 points
QUESTION 75
Among Christians socially disruptive behavior may be attributed to the action of a
trickster. | ||
soul. | ||
goddess. | ||
demon. |
1 points
QUESTION 76
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
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 |
1 points
QUESTION 78
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
According to "The Secrets of Haiti's Living Dead," legend has it that zombies are:
gods.
| ||
malevolent spirits.
| ||
voodoo priests.
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the living dead. |
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QUESTION 80
Vodoun society, as described in "The Secrets of Haiti's LivingDead," may be characterized as all of the following EXCEPT:
an educational system.
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a legal system.
| ||
a medical system.
| ||
a commercial system. |
1.5 points
QUESTION 81
As noted in "The Secrets of Haiti's Living Dead," voodoo is used to:
rule by intimidation and fear.
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prevent religious conversion to Christianity.
| ||
solve complex social problems.
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regulate social behavior. |
1.5 points
QUESTION 82
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.
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1.5 points
QUESTION 83
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
An anthropological study of politics will include a consideration of
sanctions. | ||
power and authority. | ||
decision making. | ||
all of the above |
1 points
QUESTION 85
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
An industrial society's police force is an example of the legitimate use of
power. | ||
political sanctions. | ||
wealth. | ||
authority. |
1 points
QUESTION 87
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
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
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 90
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
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
An industrial society's police force is an example of the legitimate use of
power. | ||
political sanctions. | ||
wealth. | ||
authority. |
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QUESTION 93
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
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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