Question 1

What are the relations of production that Friedman and Rowlands say are most important in the evolution from tribes to chiefdoms?

Accepted Answer

A)  control over the menu at feasts 
B)  the social appropriation of nature by local lineage production 
C)  relations within lineages 
D)  relations among lineages 
E)  relations between lineages and the community as a whole
F) control over craft production
G) b, c, d, and e
H) none of the above 
A)  control over the menu at feasts 
B)  the social appropriation of nature by local lineage production 
C)  relations within lineages 
D)  relations among lineages 
E)  relations between lineages and the community as a whole
F) control over craft production
G) b, c, d, and e
H) none of the above G

Question 2

Paramount chiefdoms usually decline or collapse eventually.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

The primary job of women in chiefdoms is to make commodities for trade.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Discuss the relationship between population pressure and conflict as it operated in the Marquesas Islands as analyzed by Patrick Kirch.

Accepted Answer

In his analysis of the Marquesas Islands

Question 5

Discuss the ways in which the rise and fall of chiefdoms is similar to and different from the rise and fall of states.

Accepted Answer

Chiefdoms and states are both forms of p

Question 6

Chiefdoms were limited in the capabilities regarding the extraction of surplus from conquered peoples.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Why were chiefdoms relatively (in evolutionary comparison) disadvantaged in their ability to extract resources?

Accepted Answer

A)  chiefs spent a lot of time under the influence of mind-altering substances 
B)  chiefs relied on kinship relations that usually entailed norms of reciprocity 
C)  chiefdoms relied mainly on bureaucratic organizations 
D)  chiefs could not convince most commoners to provide them with food 
E)  chiefs were more concerned with self-aggrandizement than with serving the people 
A)  chiefs spent a lot of time under the influence of mind-altering substances 
B)  chiefs relied on kinship relations that usually entailed norms of reciprocity 
C)  chiefdoms relied mainly on bureaucratic organizations 
D)  chiefs could not convince most commoners to provide them with food 
E)  chiefs were more concerned with self-aggrandizement than with serving the people

Question 8

What were the main paths to chiefdom-formation according to Jonathan Friedman?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Cumberland Gap 
B)  elite control over imported prestige goods that were needed for social reproduction, especially marriages 
C)  Easter Island 
D)  elite control over necessary means of production (farm land, fish ponds, etc.) 
E)  b and d
F) none of the above 
A)  the Cumberland Gap 
B)  elite control over imported prestige goods that were needed for social reproduction, especially marriages 
C)  Easter Island 
D)  elite control over necessary means of production (farm land, fish ponds, etc.) 
E)  b and d
F) none of the above

Question 9

According to the authors the greater the hierarchy there is in social organization

Accepted Answer

A)  the more the spirits are thought to be further away 
B)  the number of spirits becomes less 
C)  the larger the territory the gods cover 
D)  a, b and c 
E)  none of the above 
A)  the more the spirits are thought to be further away 
B)  the number of spirits becomes less 
C)  the larger the territory the gods cover 
D)  a, b and c 
E)  none of the above

Question 10

Prestige goods systems are

Accepted Answer

A)  based on the production of superior weapons 
B)  systems in which prowess in sports is an important basis off political power 
C)  systems in which elites control the importation of certain goods that must be
Obtained in order to get married 
D)  more stable than systems based on the ownership of land 
E)  systems in which the acquisition of high status goods by commoners is prohibited 
A)  based on the production of superior weapons 
B)  systems in which prowess in sports is an important basis off political power 
C)  systems in which elites control the importation of certain goods that must be
Obtained in order to get married 
D)  more stable than systems based on the ownership of land 
E)  systems in which the acquisition of high status goods by commoners is prohibited

Question 11

Explain what it means for women's relationships with men to be "ambivalent."
 You need to address all the following in your explanation:
a) The worth of female labor
b) The occasion for which the object was produced
c) Sexual freedom
d) Sibling relations
e) Bonds with other women
f) Violence against women
g) The age of the women

Accepted Answer

The ambivalence in women's relationships

Question 12

What are the important differences between state-based and complex chiefdom world-systems according to Chapter 7?

Accepted Answer

A)  Territorial size of polities 
B)  Population density and size of settlements 
C)  Degree of specialization in control institutions 
D)  Strategies of chiefdom formation and strategies of state formation 
E)  The degree of core/periphery hierarchy
F) a, b, c, d, and e
G) none of the above 
A)  Territorial size of polities 
B)  Population density and size of settlements 
C)  Degree of specialization in control institutions 
D)  Strategies of chiefdom formation and strategies of state formation 
E)  The degree of core/periphery hierarchy
F) a, b, c, d, and e
G) none of the above

Question 13

Can you think of instances in which there are clear class relations within human social organization and this is coupled with a lack of hierarchy in the sacred world between sacred beings?

Accepted Answer

Yes, there are instances in which clear

Question 14

Once hierarchy emerges in some polities there are strong pressures for other polities in the same system to also become hierarchical.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

How does the life of a chiefly woman compare with the life of a woman today?
 You need to address all the following in your explanation:
a) The worth of female labor
b) The occasion for which the object was produced
c) Sexual freedom
d) Sibling relations
e) Bonds with other women
f) Violence against women
g) The age of the women
Please choose one of the following statuses of women to make your comparison:
a) A working class cashier in a supermarket
b) A middle class high school teacher
c) An upper middle class lawyer

Accepted Answer

The life of a chiefly woman in the past

Question 16

States usually emerge in regions in which there have been no chiefdoms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Discuss the nature and geography of core/periphery relations on the Chesapeake Bay in the late prehistoric period (just before the arrival of the Europeans) as portrayed in Chapter 7.

Accepted Answer

In Chapter 7, the nature and geography o

Question 18

In most chiefdom world-systems there was little interaction with less hierarchical polities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

How is the ownership of property different in chiefdoms than it is in less stratified societies?

Accepted Answer

In less stratified societies, such as ba

Question 20

Individual polities all go through the transitions in size and complexity depicted in Figure 7.1 in Chapter 7.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

What are the relations of production that Friedman and Rowlands say are most important in the evolution from tribes to chiefdoms?

Paramount chiefdoms usually decline or collapse eventually.

The primary job of women in chiefdoms is to make commodities for trade.

Discuss the relationship between population pressure and conflict as it operated in the Marquesas Islands as analyzed by Patrick Kirch.

Discuss the ways in which the rise and fall of chiefdoms is similar to and different from the rise and fall of states.

Chiefdoms were limited in the capabilities regarding the extraction of surplus from conquered peoples.

Why were chiefdoms relatively (in evolutionary comparison) disadvantaged in their ability to extract resources?

What were the main paths to chiefdom-formation according to Jonathan Friedman?

According to the authors the greater the hierarchy there is in social organization

Prestige goods systems are

What are the important differences between state-based and complex chiefdom world-systems according to Chapter 7?

Can you think of instances in which there are clear class relations within human social organization and this is coupled with a lack of hierarchy in the sacred world between sacred beings?

Once hierarchy emerges in some polities there are strong pressures for other polities in the same system to also become hierarchical.

States usually emerge in regions in which there have been no chiefdoms.

Discuss the nature and geography of core/periphery relations on the Chesapeake Bay in the late prehistoric period (just before the arrival of the Europeans) as portrayed in Chapter 7.

In most chiefdom world-systems there was little interaction with less hierarchical polities.

How is the ownership of property different in chiefdoms than it is in less stratified societies?

Individual polities all go through the transitions in size and complexity depicted in Figure 7.1 in Chapter 7.

History and Social Evolution

The Comparative World-Systems Approach

Biological Bases of Social Evolution

Building a Social Self: The Macro-Micro Link Part II Stateless Systems

World-Systems of Foragers

The Gardeners Web Chapter Indigenous North American World-Systems Before the Rise of Chiefs

The Temple and the Palace

Public Spaces, Self, and Cognitive Evolution in Early States

The Early Empires: Semiperipheral Conquerors and Capitalist City-States

The Central System Part IV-The Long Rise of Capitalism

The Long Rise of the West

The Modern World-System

The Early Modern Systems in the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries

The Global Nineteenth Century

Public Spaces, Individualism, and Cognition in the Modern Age

The Twentieth-Century Age of Extremes

The World-System Since 1945: Another Wave of Globalization, Hegemony, and Revolutions

Late Globalization: The Early Twenty-First Century

The Next Three Futures: Another Round of Us Hegemony, Global Collapse, or Global Democracy

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Exam 7: The Sacred Chiefs Part III State-Based Systems

What are the relations of production that Friedman and Rowlands say are most important in the evolution from tribes to chiefdoms?

Paramount chiefdoms usually decline or collapse eventually.

The primary job of women in chiefdoms is to make commodities for trade.

Discuss the relationship between population pressure and conflict as it operated in the Marquesas Islands as analyzed by Patrick Kirch.

Discuss the ways in which the rise and fall of chiefdoms is similar to and different from the rise and fall of states.

Chiefdoms were limited in the capabilities regarding the extraction of surplus from conquered peoples.

Why were chiefdoms relatively (in evolutionary comparison) disadvantaged in their ability to extract resources?

What were the main paths to chiefdom-formation according to Jonathan Friedman?

According to the authors the greater the hierarchy there is in social organization

Prestige goods systems are

What are the important differences between state-based and complex chiefdom world-systems according to Chapter 7?

Can you think of instances in which there are clear class relations within human social organization and this is coupled with a lack of hierarchy in the sacred world between sacred beings?

Once hierarchy emerges in some polities there are strong pressures for other polities in the same system to also become hierarchical.

States usually emerge in regions in which there have been no chiefdoms.

Discuss the nature and geography of core/periphery relations on the Chesapeake Bay in the late prehistoric period (just before the arrival of the Europeans) as portrayed in Chapter 7.

In most chiefdom world-systems there was little interaction with less hierarchical polities.

How is the ownership of property different in chiefdoms than it is in less stratified societies?

Individual polities all go through the transitions in size and complexity depicted in Figure 7.1 in Chapter 7.

History and Social Evolution

The Comparative World-Systems Approach

Biological Bases of Social Evolution

Building a Social Self: The Macro-Micro Link Part II Stateless Systems

World-Systems of Foragers

The Gardeners Web Chapter Indigenous North American World-Systems Before the Rise of Chiefs

The Temple and the Palace

Public Spaces, Self, and Cognitive Evolution in Early States

The Early Empires: Semiperipheral Conquerors and Capitalist City-States

The Central System Part IV-The Long Rise of Capitalism

The Long Rise of the West

The Modern World-System

The Early Modern Systems in the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries

The Global Nineteenth Century

Public Spaces, Individualism, and Cognition in the Modern Age

The Twentieth-Century Age of Extremes

The World-System Since 1945: Another Wave of Globalization, Hegemony, and Revolutions

Late Globalization: The Early Twenty-First Century

The Next Three Futures: Another Round of Us Hegemony, Global Collapse, or Global Democracy

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