A/An __________ status is one that is given to a person by others at birth rather than one that is earned or necessarily desired
a. class
b. ascribed
c. low
d. legal
b
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The growth of a market for sugar in Europe spurred
A. a long-term improvement in the distribution of wealth among the rural peasantry of England. B. a tremendous expansion in the strength of independent indigenous nations of Mexico and South America. C. the development of a transatlantic slave trade. D. the movement of sugar-producing nations from the periphery to the core of the world system. E. the movement of capitalism, once a cultural trait specific to New Guinea (where sugar was first domesticated), to the rest of the world.
In what kind of society does differential access to strategic resources based on social stratification occur?
a: chiefdoms b: bands c: states d: clans e: tribes
Why did Europe begin massive colonization in the 1800s?
A) The Industrial Revolution allowed them to develop more weapons and needed raw materials. B) The countries of Europe had begun the age of exploration, and they were intent to discover continents. C) Europe was overpopulated and needed to send large populations of settlers to other places in order to survive. D) By the 1800s, Europe had ships that allowed easy transport, and they were more confident about transporting goods between countries. E) All of these are causes for the massive colonization in the 1800s.
Which of the following is NOT an important difference between patrilineal and matrilineal societies?
a. Among matrilineal descent groups, male authority is weak while it is strong in patrilineal descent groups. b. Members of a lineage are linked directly by birth in patrilineal systems while in matrilineal systems they are not. c. Among matrilineal descent groups, marital bonds are weak while they are strong in patrilineal descent groups. d. In patrilineal systems, women tend to leave their own kin group after marriage while in matrilineal systems men tend to live with their wife’s kin.