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1
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What is a tribe?

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A food-producing society with rudimentary political structure

2
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What is law?

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A legal code of a state society, with trial and enforcement

3
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What is a village head

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A local tribal leader with limited authority

4
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What is power?

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Ability to exercise one’s will over others; authority is formal, socially approved use of power

5
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What is the “big man”?

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Like a village head except his authority is regional and may have influence over more than one village

6
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What are chiefdoms?

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Transitional form of sociopolitical organization between tribes and state

7
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What is the importance of gossip and shame?

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Gossip and shame can function as effective processes of social control when a direct or formal sanction is risky or impossibe

8
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What are states?

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States are autonomous political units with social strata and a formal government. They tend to be large and populous