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What is the term for the use of force by a dominant group to compel a minority to adopt the prevailing culture?

Which of the following statements about political leaders in foraging bands is true?

________ magic is based on the belief that whatever is done to an object will affect a person who once had contact with it.

Which of the following is the most important factor in determining an individual’s power and prestige in a state?

Which of the following kinds of societies is most likely to have stratum endogamy (marriage within one’s own group)?

What is one major distinction between  a chiefdom and a state?  (Sentences and page citations required.)

Pantribal sodalities function to integrate the community by providing a series of important nonkin relationships.

Compared to Neandertal skulls, anatomically modern specimens found at the Skhūl and Qafzeh sites in Israel have a modern shape. Their brain cases are

In the context of tribal societies, what is a “big man”?

According to some estimates, the world’s linguistic diversity has been cut in half in the past 500 years, and half the remaining languages are predicted to disappear during this century. According to our text’s author, why does this matter?  (Sentences required.  Page citations required.)