The settling of legal disputes by a centralized authority is known as __________
A. big-man leadership
B. litigation
C. totalitarianism
D. adjudication
Answer: D
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Who is responsible for the mediation of family disputes in kin groups such as lineages and clans?
a. Parents b. Grade sets c. The heads of lineages and clans d. Arbitrators from outside the family
What term does anthropologist Fredrik Barth use to refer to a society that combines ethnic contrasts, ecological specialization, and the economic interdependence of those groups?
A. multicultural B. assimilationist C. pluralism D. broad-spectrum subsistence E. plural society
Which of the following is NOT one of the families into which the living hominoids are divided in traditional taxonomy?
A. Hominidae B. Hylobatidae C. Hominoidea D. Pongidae
Among foragers
A. men excel under harsh living conditions and therefore accrue vastly more prestige than women accrue. B. warfare makes men dominant over women. C. the status of women declines when they provide most of the food. D. men and women are equal; there is no gender inequality. E. the lack of a clear domestic-public dichotomy contributes to reduced gender inequality.