FINAL EXAM REVIEW: ANTHROPOLOGY OF POLITICS (ANTHRO 101, CHIVENS) COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

FINAL EXAM REVIEW: ANTHROPOLOGY OF
POLITICS (ANTHRO 101, CHIVENS) COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS




1 Adaptive strategies include all of the following EXCEPT
a) Agriculture
b) Pastoralism
c) Feudalism
Correct answer: c) Feudalism
2 A small, kin-based group (all members related by kinship or marriage)
is known as a
Correct answer: Band
3 Which of the following is a distinguishing characteristic of a band
a) Formal legal code
b) Centralized leadership
c) Relatively egalitarian
d) Permanent political offices
Correct answer: c) Relatively egalitarian
4 The adaptive strategy that relies on natural resources rather than
controlling plant and animal reproduction is
Correct answer: Foraging

, 5 Correlates of foraging include
a) Intensive agriculture
b) Nuclear family and egalitarian relations
c) Class stratification
d) Permanent chiefs
Correct answer: b) Nuclear family and egalitarian relations
6 A food-producing society with a rudimentary political structure is
called a
Correct answer: Tribe
7 Distinguishing characteristics of a tribe include
a) Industrial production
b) Village head and "Big Man"
c) Formal written laws
d) Standing army
Correct answer: b) Village head and "Big Man"
8 The adaptive strategy described as part-time, nonindustrial, with plots
lying fallow and shifting cultivation is
Correct answer: Horticulture
9 The adaptive strategy based on care of herds and domesticated
animals, including nomadism and transhumance, is
Correct answer: Pastoralism
10 Which of the following is NOT a correlate of foraging
a) Egalitarian relations
b) Band society
c) Hereditary inequality
d) Nuclear family
Correct answer: c) Hereditary inequality