Most chiefdoms were associated with foraging and pastoralists societies
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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One aspect that makes anthropology unique among social sciences is its traditional focus on:
a. peoples of Caucasian and African descent b. European peoples c. non-Western peoples and cultures d. peasants and farmers
A comparison between the Basseri and Qashqai, two Iranian nomadic tribes, illustrates how as regulatory problems increase,
A. pastoralists are less likely to interact with other populations in the same space and time. B. rules regarding crime and punishment become more severe. C. political hierarchies become more complex. D. age sets begin to disintegrate. E. silence becomes the best strategy for avoiding conflict.
A Leopard-Skin Chief among the Nuer _____
a. serves as a mediator between a victim’s family and the family of a murderer b. serves as judge and jury in criminal and civil cases c. serves as a judge to determine guilt but has no authority to determine punishment d. has authority to impose a settlement on the disputing parties e. can inflict punishment on the individual who has carried out a crime
Both the Turkana and the Mukogodo peoples of Kenya diminished gifts given to them by anthropologists as a way of diminishing any reciprocation they might feel was expected of them
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.