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33 Cards in this Set
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Age, as a membership qualification for an age-set, is a ________
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Universally ascribed quality
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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
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A tribal union in western Africa may function_______
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to keep traditions alive
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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
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When no regular, effective means of resolving a conflict are available, ____________.
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people are likely to resort to violence
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____________ are used where political officials lack sufficient power to make and enforce judicial decisions.
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Oaths and ordeals
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Anthropologists generally focus on groups organized on the basis of ___________, while discussing political groups.
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Territory
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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
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State-level societies generally get most of their food from ____________.
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intensive agriculture
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Select the one that is not generally an important role of chiefs.
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collecting taxes
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Which form of distribution do anthropologists link to chiefdoms?
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Redistribution
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Warfare is more likely ____________.
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where people fear natural disasters
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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
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Select the aspect of political organization that is found in almost all societies.
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ways of creating and maintaining social order
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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
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