A form of society with marked and usually heritable differences in access to wealth, power, and prestige, and where inequality is based mainly on unequal access to productive and valued resources, is called:
a. egalitarian.
b. ranked.
c. stratified.
d. caste.
C
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What postmarital residence rule is most often found in societies with lineal kinship terminologies?
A. ambilocal B. neolocal C. patrilocal D. matrilocal E. bilocal
Even groups that are largely self-sufficient engage in exchange with other groups. Anthropologists suggest that this is because
a. the need to give to others is biologically determined. b. there are always some goods or services that one cannot get for oneself. c. exchange creates and sustains relationships that are necessary for other reasons. d. most groups have spiritual beliefs that value altruistic behavior.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
________ is NOT one of the adaptive strategies included in Cohen's typology.
A. Industrialism B. Agriculture C. Redistribution D. Foraging E. Pastoralism