Politics, Warfare, and Law MCQ

Politics, Warfare, and Law MCQ

1. Warfare is armed combat among _____ communities.

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Correct Answer: Both a and c

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

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Correct Answer: Southeast

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

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Correct Answer: All of these

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

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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

Answer

Correct Answer: Both a and b

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6. The ability to achieve personal ends despite opposition is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Political power

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

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Correct Answer: All of these

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

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Correct Answer: Formal

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9. 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_____

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Correct Answer: Oath

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

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Correct Answer: All of these

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

Answer

Correct Answer: Both a and b

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

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Correct Answer: Agrarian

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

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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

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Correct Answer: Antagonists

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

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Correct Answer: False

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

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Correct Answer: Adjudication

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

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Correct Answer: Kinship

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

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Correct Answer: Sodalities

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

Answer

Correct Answer: Threatened the basis of chiefly authority

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

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Correct Answer: Band

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

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Correct Answer: Religious authority and cosmology

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

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Correct Answer: Persuasion

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23. Political evolution follows a ______ trajectory.

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Correct Answer: Multilineal

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

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Correct Answer: Social

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

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Correct Answer: False

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

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Correct Answer: Symbolic capital

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