How do anthropologists define "power"?

What will be an ideal response?


It is the ability of individuals or groups to impose their will upon others and make them do things even against their own wants or wishes.

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Who were big men?

a. Tribal leaders b. Leaders of simple bands c. The chiefs who also had religious authority d. Leaders of composite bands of unrelated extended families

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What social pattern would drastically reduce the human costs of natural disasters?

A) intervillage reciprocity B) complex kinship ties C) an open caste system D) egalitarian structure

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Global warming is primarily due to increased solar radiation, not human activity

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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In a bifurcate merging kinship terminology, which of the following pairs would be called by the same term?

a: MZ and MB b: M and MZ c: MF and FF d: M and F e: MB and FB

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