16. Which of the following statements on egalitarian societies is correct? a. al

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16. Which of the following statements on egalitarian societies is correct?

a. all hunter-gether societies are egalitarian societies

b. the US is an example of an egalitarian society

c. the classic maya could develop an egalitarian society because of their knowledge of hieroglyphs

d. some differences in power and prestige or in achieved status exist in egalitarian societies

17. During the Natufian period in the Levant,

a. the domestication of maize led to the development of urban centers

b. nomadic hunter-gathers developed highly hierarchical society

c. the intensified was fully established, which led to the emergence of dynastic rulers

d. agriculture was fully established, which led to the emergence of dynastic rulers.

18. Modern hunter-gatherer societies may be best characterized as:

a. marginalized by modern farming socieites and mostly incorporated into the state systems

b. major groups composing approximately 30% of the todays world population

c. communal groups I perfect balance with nature

d. big-game hunter covering most regions of southern Africa

19. The Tlingit and Kwakiutl on the American Northwest Coast:

a. developed social hierarchy with hereditary chiefs without the benefit of agriculture because they had rich natural resources including salmon.

b. developed social hierarchy with hereditary chiefs because they developed highly productive agriculture with elaborate irrigation systems

c. had egalitarian societies because they did not have agriculture

d. had egalitarian societies despite their highly developed agriculture system

Explanation / Answer

16. Option a is correct

An egalitarian is a person who believes in the equality of all people, and an egalitarian society gives everyone equal rights. This is a word that means something close to equality and has to do with fairness. A study has shown that in contemporary hunter-gatherer tribes, men and women tend to have equal influence on where their group lives and who they live with.  The Declaration of Independence of the United States is an example of an assertion of equality of men, but not of women, under natural rights , with its language "all men are created equal." ...

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