Political Organization MCQ

States with moralistic political cultures tend to have _____ levels of available social services.

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Correct Answer: Higher

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A culturally distinct population whose members consider themselves descended from the same ancestor is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Tribe

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Sumptuary Laws are the laws that _____

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Correct Answer: Limit the consumption of certain goods to particular classes of people

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Stratified Society is a society characterized by formal, _____ in which some people are denied access to basic resources.

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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_____ is a hierarchical, centralized form of political organization in which a central government has a legal monopoly over the use of force.

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Correct Answer: State

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An attempt to overthrow an existing form of political organization and put another type of political structure in its place is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Revolution

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The attempt of a group within society to force a redistribution of resources and power is known as _____

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Correct Answer: Rebellion

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Rank Society is a society characterized by institutionalized differences in prestige but important restrictions on access to basic resources.

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Correct Answer: False

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The ability to compel other individuals to do things that they would not choose to do of their own accord is known as _____

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Correct Answer: Power

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The patterned ways in which power is used in a society is known as Political Organization.

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Correct Answer: True

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Political Ideology refers to the shared beliefs and values that legitimize the _____ of power in a particular society.

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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Nation-State is a sovereign, geographically based state that identifies itself as having a distinctive _____

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Correct Answer: Both b and c

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Mediation is a form of managing disputes that uses the offices of a _____ party to achieve voluntary agreement between the disputing parties.

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Correct Answer: Third

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Leadership is the ability to _____ an enterprise or action.

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Correct Answer: Direct

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A means of social control and dispute management through the systematic application of force by a politically constituted authority is known as _____

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Correct Answer: Law

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The dominance of political elites based on a close identification between their own goals and those of the larger society is known as Hegemony.

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Correct Answer: True

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An interrelated set of status roles that becomes separate from other aspects of social organization, such as kinship, in exercising control over a population is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Government

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Ethnicity means perceived differences in_____ by which groups of people are distinguished from others in the same social environment.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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A society in which no individual or group has more privileged access to resources than any other is known as Egalitarian Society.

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Correct Answer: True

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Achiefdom is a society with social ranking in which political integration is achieved through an office of centralized leadership called the_____ .

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Correct Answer: Chief

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Bigman is a self-made leader who gains power through_____

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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Band is a small group of people related by _____ who live together and are loosely associated with a territory in which they forage.

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Correct Answer: Both

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Authority is the ability to cause others to act based on characteristics such as _____ ,ability, respect, or the holding of formal public office.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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The case of ethnic conflict in the former state of Yugoslavia is an example of ______.

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Correct Answer: Why ethnicities are based on perceived rather than actual differences

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What trend have the world’s largest corporations experienced in recent years?

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Correct Answer: They have expanded their operations to many countries.

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According to the text, what is the root cause of the ethnic conflict between Sunni and Shi’a Muslims in Iraq?

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Correct Answer: Repeated intervention in the country by foreign powers

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The K’iche-Maya people of Guatemala resist being a part of a nation–state through which of the following practices?

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Correct Answer: Celebrating the life of their final king, Tecún Umán

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Why are nation–states sometimes referred to as “imagined communities”?

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Correct Answer: They only exist in as far as people feel community with many others.

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How does war in state societies differ from war in tribal societies?

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Correct Answer: In state societies, war benefits only some groups, while in tribal societies is benefits all groups.

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______ theorists argue that the rise of the state has been beneficial to all their members because they provide the stability needed for economic and technological growth.

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Correct Answer: Functionalist

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Which group is the best example of a tribal society?

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Correct Answer: The Yanomamö

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Anthropologists have found that in ______, warfare has served to help keep groups in harmony with their environment, if not so much with each other.

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Correct Answer: Tribal societies

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In which type of society is social order maintained through such means as gossip, ridicule, and avoidance?

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Correct Answer: Band societies

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______ is considered a social mechanism for dealing with nonnormative behavior as it may arise in a society.

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Correct Answer: Law

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In small-scale societies, the group that wields the most authority is ______.

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Correct Answer: Men

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To say that a group has established hegemony is to say that they have ______.

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Correct Answer: A larger society that identifies with the goals of the group

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According to the text, what is the ultimate source of power in any society?

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Correct Answer: The control of resources that people need or desire

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In ______, differences between individuals are formalized, inherited, and thus limited to certain groups of people.

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Correct Answer: Rank societies

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