Which of the following values was highly promoted as part of the precolonial Asante state and functioned as a way to stabilize the state?
A) Accumulation of wealth was a benefit to all of society.
B) Warfare led to honor and prestige.
C) Potlatch allowed people to level their wealth and contribute to everyone.
D) Bigmen were divine figures and believed to be gods.
E) Charity and sharing allowed people to attain the highest political offices.
A
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A. a gender-based division of labor is very uncommon. B. in most societies, women tend to be the primary child caregivers. C. men never contribute to child care. D. women generally are less restricted than men are with respect to premarital and extramarital sex. E. men contribute much more to subsistence than women do.
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a. True b. False