1. Nomadic pastoralists have permanent settlements; and complete households shift location with the herd. House structures are highly stable, such as a tent or yurt.
2. Which of the following does not generally characterize pastoral societies?
- seasonal changes of residence
- communal ownership of grazing lands
- economic independence from surrounding agricultural societies
- communal ownership of animals
3. Which environment is least likely to be inhabited by pastoralists?
- grasslands
- savannahs
- tropical forests
- deserts
4. Redistribution involves:
- the exchange of goods between people already associated with each other.
- the systematic movement of wealth toward an administrative center and its reallocation by authorities.
- the exchange of goods at prices.
- the exchange of goods between neighbors.
5. The sororate is a marriage custom in which:
- a widow is expected to marry the brother or another close relative of her dead husband.
- a widower is expected to marry the sister or another close relative of his dead wife.
- a man marries his stepsister.
- a man takes his brother's widow as a wife.
6. A potlatch is:
- feast held by Tahitians to celebrate a marriage.
- involves a highly elaborate form of kula.
- takes place in the Trobriand Islands.
- is a form of redistribution exchange.
7. Polynesian chiefs:
- must use their personal charisma and skill to gain their positions of leadership.
- have to personally obligate their followers to support them.
- have inherited positions that followers are culturally obligated to support.
- can support warfare, crafts, and the redistribution of goods, but on a smaller scale than Big Men.
8. A Big Man's position differs from a chief's position in that it:
- is not based on wealth.
- is based on personal skills and charisma.
- is an ascribed status.
- is reinforced through supernatural authority.
9. Warfare in chiefdoms differs from conflict in tribal society because:
- there is no warfare in tribal society.
- warfare in chiefdoms is for territorial expansion but not in tribes.
- is blood revenge in chiefdoms and not in tribes.
- is over females in tribes.
10. Which position of leadership is an ascribed position?
- Headmen
- Big Men
- Chiefs
- Presidents