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Politics, Warfare, and Law MCQ

Warfare is armed combat among _____ communities.

Territorial

Military

Political

Both a and c

Answer

Correct Answer: Both a and c

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Theatre State is a limited form of state society in _____ Asia.

East North

Southeast

Southwest

Any of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Southeast

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Sodalities are the groups based on _____ or other principles that provide for political organization.

Kinship

Age

Gender

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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A type of political organization in which multiple descent groups form at different levels and serve political functions is known as Segmentary Lineage System.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Radial Polity is a state that rules more directly through _____ officials that have more centralized control over various provinces and regions.

Government

Military

Civil

Both a and b

Answer

Correct Answer: Both a and b

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The ability to achieve personal ends despite opposition is known as_____

Political authority

Political power

Political win

Both a and b

Answer

Correct Answer: Political power

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Oracle refers to _____ believed to have special or supernatural abilities.

Person

Sacred object

Shrine

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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Office is a _____ position of authority in a group or society.

Formal

Informal

Both

None

Answer

Correct Answer: Formal

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An attempt to call on a supernatural source of power to sanction and bear witness to the truth or falsity of an individual’s testimony is known as_____

Swear

Oath

Attestation

Both b and c

Answer

Correct Answer: Oath

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Nationalism is a strong sense of loyalty to the nation-state based on shared_____

Language

Values

Culture

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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Galactic Polity is a type of state that rules primarily through _____

Religious authorities

Cosmologies

Political authorities

Both a and b

Answer

Correct Answer: Both a and b

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Feudalism is a decentralized form of political economy based on landed estates, which existed during different historical periods in _____societies.

Industrial

Agrarian

Architectural

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Agrarian

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A type of armed combat within a political community is known as Feud.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Complementary Opposition is the formation of groups that parallel one another as political_____.

Agonists

Antagonists

Synergists

Both b and c

Answer

Correct Answer: Antagonists

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Authority is a power generally perceived by members of society as illegitimate, and coercive.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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The settling of legal disputes through a formal, centralized authority is known as_____

Jurisdiction

Adjudication

Feudalism

Both a and b

Answer

Correct Answer: Adjudication

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States are unique among forms of political organization because they are not based on ______.

Ascribed positions of power

Centralized authority

Kinship

Supernatural authority

Answer

Correct Answer: Kinship

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Tribal political organization is formed through ______ based on kinship, age, or gender.

Networks

Sodalities

Nodes

Clans

Answer

Correct Answer: Sodalities

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According to Service, in many chiefdoms, the most severe crimes were those that ______.

Involved homicide

Involved disputes between kin groups

Involved theft of property

Threatened the basis of chiefly authority

Answer

Correct Answer: Threatened the basis of chiefly authority

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Which of the following political systems is considered the oldest and least complex?

State

Chiefdom

Tribe

Band

Answer

Correct Answer: Band

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In a galactic polity, states rule primarily through which mechanism?

A strong military

A highly specialized bureaucracy

Religious authority and cosmology

Democratic processes

Answer

Correct Answer: Religious authority and cosmology

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Leaders of bands typically rely heavily on ______ to encourage cooperation among band members.

Physical coercion

Economic sanction

Military force

Persuasion

Answer

Correct Answer: Persuasion

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Political evolution follows a ______ trajectory.

Unilineal

Bilineal

Trilineal

Multilineal

Answer

Correct Answer: Multilineal

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The absence of formal law, small-scale societies often employs ______ sanctions to regulate behavior.

Monetary

Physical

Social

Supernatural

Answer

Correct Answer: Social

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In most hunting and gathering societies, leadership positions are inherited through the patriline.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Pierre Bourdieu identified various forms of capital that can be used to acquire political power. What was one of these forms of capital?

Martial capital

Symbolic capital

Spiritual capital

Kinship capital

Answer

Correct Answer: Symbolic capital

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