Cultural Anthropology

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Age, as a membership qualification for an age-set, is a ________

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Universally ascribed quality

Front 2

One that suggests the Shavante male age-set function

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to train boys in the ways of hunting, weapon making, and ceremonial skills

Front 3

A tribal union in western Africa may function_______

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to keep traditions alive

Front 4

One of the characteristics of a more stratified and complex society is____

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it tends to have more voluntary associations

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the correct mode of subsistence for chiefdoms.

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intensive agriculture

Front 6

When no regular, effective means of resolving a conflict are available, ____________.

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people are likely to resort to violence

Front 7

____________ are used where political officials lack sufficient power to make and enforce judicial decisions.

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Oaths and ordeals

Front 8

Anthropologists generally focus on groups organized on the basis of ___________, while discussing political groups.

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Territory

Front 9

one characteristic trait necessary to be the big man of Kumdi Engamoi, of New Guinea.

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good speaker

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the condition that may have existed for tribal groups to integrate into a single unit.

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outside threat

Front 11

State-level societies generally get most of their food from ____________.

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intensive agriculture

Front 12

Select the one that is not generally an important role of chiefs.

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collecting taxes

Front 13

Which form of distribution do anthropologists link to chiefdoms?

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Redistribution

Front 14

Warfare is more likely ____________.

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where people fear natural disasters

Front 15

Which non-kinship group is most likely to integrate different local groups in a tribal society.

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age-set

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Complementary opposition is typical of a(n) ____________ kind of group.

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segmentary lineage

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A society composed of a number of politically autonomous, small and unusually nomadic groups is classified as a ____________.

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band society

Front 18

Select the aspect of political organization that is found in almost all societies.

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ways of creating and maintaining social order

Front 19

Religion generally deals with the ____________.

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Supernatural

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____________ distinguishes taboo from mana by pointing out that things containing taboo cannot be touched

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Anthony Wallace

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Animatism is what ____________ calls religious beliefs which have no personalities.

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R.R. Marett

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Religion is any set of attitudes, beliefs, and practices pertaining to ____________.

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supernatural power

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____________ is the act of compelling supernatural beings into doing good or evil.

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Magic

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____________ is impossible to prove because no material objects are used in its assumed practice.

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Witchcraft

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Clifford Geertz contends that when faced with ignorance, pain, and the unjustness of life, a person explains events by the intervention of the ____________.

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Gods

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Religious taboos among New England fisherman probably exist because of ____________.

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the danger of their jobs

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____________ can be thought of as religious movements in which there is an expectation of and preparation for, the coming period of supernatural bliss.

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Cargo cults

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____________ feels that totems symbolize the clan, not the animal used as the totem.

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Emile Durkheim

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People are most likely to believe their ancestors play an active role in their lives in societies ____________.

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where descent groups are important decision-making groups

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The term mana refers to ____________.

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a supernatural force residing in some people and objects

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One of the earliest evidences of religious beliefs consists of ____________.

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evidence that humans were buried with food, tools, and other objects that might have been important in the afterlife.

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Erika Bourguignon has found the religious use of ____________ in 90% of the world's societies.

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Trances

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People tend to be punished by gods for immoral behavior ____________.

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when there are considerable differences in wealth in a society