1. Warfare is armed combat among _____ communities.
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Both a and c
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2. Theatre State is a limited form of state society in _____ Asia.
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Southeast
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3. Sodalities are the groups based on _____ or other principles that provide for political organization.
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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.
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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.
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Both a and b
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6. The ability to achieve personal ends despite opposition is known as_____
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Political power
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7. Oracle refers to _____ believed to have special or supernatural abilities.
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All of these
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8. Office is a _____ position of authority in a group or society.
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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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Oath
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10. Nationalism is a strong sense of loyalty to the nation-state based on shared_____
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All of these
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11. Galactic Polity is a type of state that rules primarily through _____
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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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Agrarian
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13. A type of armed combat within a political community is known as Feud.
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True
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14. Complementary Opposition is the formation of groups that parallel one another as political_____.
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Antagonists
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15. Authority is a power generally perceived by members of society as illegitimate, and coercive.
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False
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16. The settling of legal disputes through a formal, centralized authority is known as_____
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Adjudication
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17. States are unique among forms of political organization because they are not based on ______.
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Kinship
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18. Tribal political organization is formed through ______ based on kinship, age, or gender.
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Sodalities
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19. According to Service, in many chiefdoms, the most severe crimes were those that ______.
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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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Band
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21. In a galactic polity, states rule primarily through which mechanism?
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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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Persuasion
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23. Political evolution follows a ______ trajectory.
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Multilineal
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24. The absence of formal law, small-scale societies often employs ______ sanctions to regulate behavior.
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Social
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25. In most hunting and gathering societies, leadership positions are inherited through the patriline.
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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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Symbolic capital
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