Political assemblies known as jirgas, where tribal leaders make joint decisions by consensus are found among the:
a. Kpelle
b. Kapauku
c. Pashtun
d. Ju/'hoansi
c
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What is a primary labor activity of Bakhtiari women and girls?
a. Spinning wool into yarn b. Herding sheep through difficult mountain passes c. Tilling soil to raise yams and sweet potatoes d. Gathering roots and berries e. Hunting elephants
The Ju/’hoansi (!Kung San) inhabit:
a. the Gobi desert of inner Asia. b. the Kalahari Desert of southern Africa. c. the Ituri forest of the Congo. d. the Great Plains of the western United States. e. the Amazon jungle.
Émile Durkheim, an early scholar of religion, stressed what he termed religious effervescence. Anthropologists too have stressed
A. that proper analysis requires separation of collective re-creation from collective religion. B. that religious worlds are real and significant to those who construct and inhabit them. C. the analysis of the use of behavior-altering drugs in religious experience. D. the collective as well as individual universality of religion. E. the qualities that make religion present in some societies but not in others.
Which of the following statements about wealth today is correct?
A) Wealth is the sole criterion of social status in capitalist societies. B) All wealth is a source of prestige. C) Wealth is the accumulation of material resources or access to the means of producing those resources. D) Anthropologists analyze wealth by examining its sources. E) Wealth is a social honor.