What is world systems theory?
What will be an ideal response?
ANS: According to this theory, the rich and poor nations of the world are not fundamentally different because of innate cultural features, but rather because of how they have operated within the world system, including exploitation of labor and resources by wealthy nations.
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In this chapter we learn that the most complete explanation of primary state formation is
A. a prime-mover explanation based on irrigation. B. a multivariate approach such as Carneiro's theory of state formation. C. a set of nine ecological and social factors determining the evolution of social stratification. D. the development of a four-level hierarchy composed of peasant villages, sub-chiefdoms, chiefdoms, and capital cities. E. a biocultural approach such as Kent Flannery's broad-spectrum theory of state formation.
What are the three primary problems with the biological concept of race as a category of human classification?
What will be an ideal response?
What are the major difficulties that arise in trying to interpret the hominin fossil record? How do these difficulties lead to conflicting interpretations of human evolution?
What will be an ideal response?
Traditionally, the Yanomamo of South America
a. formed marriage alliances for trading purposes with non-Yanomamo peoples living at their borders. b. formed marriage alliances with other villages for political purposes. c. were endogamous and therefore made no marriage alliances outside their group. d. viewed individuals outside their kin groups as enemies and therefore not suitable for marriage.