A ________ is a form of social and political organization that has a formal, central government and a division of society into classes.
A. region
B. chiefdom
C. village-state
D. hydraulic system
E. state
Answer: E
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a. patrilineal descent. b. matrilineal descent. c. bilateral descent. d. mostly patrilineal descent, with an almost equal amount of bilateral descent. e. shared by all other nonindustrialized societies in the world.
Gregor Mendel demonstrated that the hereditary units:
A. are discrete B. blend with one another C. are composed of DNA D. all of these
What is the private-public dichotomy? In what kinds of societies does it occur, and in what kinds of societies is it absent? What factors contribute to its presence or absence, and what are its effects on gender roles?
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Discuss how chiefdoms and states differ. Identify the evidence archaeologists use to distinguish between the two.
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