Political leadership in hunter-gatherer societies rests on
a. headmanship in which each local headman has much power or authority
b. headmanship in which each local headman has little real power or authority
c. headmanship usually accompanied byheadwomanship
d. chieftainship in which powerful chiefs exercise dominance
Question 2Which is not a micro-level force of social control?
a. socialization
b. rituals
c. sanctioning
d. consolidation of power
e. segregation of activities
Question 3Which is not true of inequality?
a. Inequality increases potential for conflict.
b. Inequality is a form of differentiation.
c. Inequality can cause a social movement to emerge.
d. Inequality exists in even the smallest hunting and gathering society.
e. None of the above; all are true
Question 4The egalitarianism that generally prevails among hunter-gatherers should be seen as
a. a natural phenomenon that results from the absence of motivations toward status and wealth seeking
b. an adaptive response to temporal and spatial variations in food supply
c. an adaptive response to high levels of population density and the development of an economic surplus
d. must be constantly policed
e. two of these
Question 5When populations grow, which is not inevitable?
a. Inequality will increase.
b. Political power will be consolidated.
c. Conflict will decline
d. Markets will expand
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