1. Question : Redistribution involves:
Student Answer:
the exchange of goods between people already associated with 
each other. 
the systematic movement of wealth toward an administrative center and its reallocation by authorities. 
the exchange of goods at prices. 
the exchange of goods between neighbors. 
2. Question : Horticultural societies are commonly matrilineal / matrilocal but, 
MOST pastoral societies are patrilineal / patrilocal.
Student Answer:
True 
False 
3. Question : A potlatch is:
Student Answer:
feast held by Tahitians to celebrate a marriage. 
involves a highly elaborate form of kula. 
takes place in the Trobriand Islands. 
is a form of redistribution exchange. 
4. Question : Age-sets are most common in which type of society:
Student Answer:
band. 
pastoral. 
horticultural. 
tribal. 
5. Question : Grazing lands among pastoralists are usually:
Student Answer:
highly productive lands that could be used for agriculture. 
owned by individual families. 
located within a day’s walk from people’s farming territories. 
owned communally. 
6. Question : Which position of leadership is an ascribed position?
Student Answer:
Headmen 
Big Men 
Chiefs 
Presidents 
7. Question : Possessions in pastoral societies are:
Student Answer:
usually large in number. 
generally are cumbersome and bulky. 
are considered moveable property. 
show great differences in wealth and prestige. 
8. Question : An etic perspective of kula exchanges would be:
Student Answer:
it allows people from different islands to interact with each 
other. 
it raises the prestige of the chiefs. 
it provides an opportunity for the trade in food and other 
resources providing materials unavailable in people’s home islands. 
it allows men to meet their future wives. 
9. Question : The sororate is a marriage custom in which:
Student Answer:
a widow is expected to marry the brother or another close 
relative of her dead husband. 
a widower is expected to marry the sister or another close 
relative of his dead wife. 
a man marries his stepsister. 
a man takes his brother’s widow as a wife. 
Instructor 
10. Question : Chiefs within chiefdoms generally gained their positions:
Student Answer:
by elections. 
by conquering a people. 
by inheritance. 
there is too much variation between cultures to come up with a 
generalization.