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The process omaking and carrying oupublic policy according to cultural categories and rules is called the political system.

A) True
B) False

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According to Nordstrom in "Illegal Economies and the Untold Story oAmputees," when a woman receives the entire banking poin her informal banking group, she often will use the money to


A) purchase a boutique and set up a formal business.
B) build a decent home to live in.
C) buy a car and hire a driver.
D) invest in a small piece of farmland to grow and harvest crops to sell.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Among some Indian cultures, a(n) __________ is described as a supernaturally controlled, painful, or physically dangerous testhais used to settle a dispute.


A) moot
B) go-between
C) self-redress
D) ordeal

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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In "Illegal Economies and the Untold Story oAmputees," Carolyn Nordstrom argues thaan informal economy-one thais notaxed or monitored by the government-is considered an extralegal network.

A) True
B) False

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When people feel thaa policy is wrong, buaccepibecause they value the governmentha makes the policy, they are giving a kind osupporcalled


A) legitimacy.
B) coercion.
C) authority.
D) leadership.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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According to Nordstrom in "Illegal Economies and the Untold Story oAmputees," the efforts othe amputee women to group together, form banking systems, and move from local subsistence to international profitmaking


A) were a haphazard reaction to their circumstances.
B) were part of a carefully crafted plan of development.
C) brought significantly less money into the country than unauthorized diamond mining.
D) were not central to the economy of the country.

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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According to Spradley and McCurdy in "Law and Order," there is no substantive law thaprohibits a man from beating his wife in the Zapotec village oRalu'a.

A) True
B) False

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According to Sutherland in "The Case oan American Gypsy," the largesgroup to which Gypsies belong is called the vitsa.

A) True
B) False

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False

According to anthropologists, all human disputes are dealwith by legal systems, nojusones thago to a formal court.

A) True
B) False

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False

In "Law and Order," Spradley and McCurdy argue thathe legal statutes thadefine righand wrong are


A) legal rules.
B) substantive law.
C) procedural law.
D) legal levels.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

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The process omaking and carrying oupublic policy through the use oculturally defined categories and rules is called


A) the political system.
B) legitimacy.
C) coercion.
D) authority.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

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According to Sutherland in "The Case oan American Gypsy," a young Gypsy man was indicted by the governmenfor


A) hiding his identity from authorities.
B) stealing cars.
C) using a relative's Social Security number.
D) lying to authorities about his real American name.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

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The cultural knowledge thapeople use to settle disputes by means oagents who have recognized authority is called


A) law.
B) politics.
C) a court.
D) self?redress.

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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In "The Case oan American Gypsy," Sutherland reports thafor Gypsies, going to jail


A) often provides needed time to recover from alcoholism.
B) helps them learn English and skills that facilitate getting real jobs in American society.
C) is welcomed because they finally get enough to eat there.
D) is an especially cruel punishment because it separates them from their kin.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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A leader is a person who obtains power through authority.

A) True
B) False

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The primary means ogaining conformity and order from individual members oa society is through enculturation.

A) True
B) False

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in "The Case oan American Gypsy," Sutherland notes thathe lawyer defending a young Gypsy man ousing a relative's Social Security number argued in courthat


A) the Gypsy had not intended to commit a crime when he used the number.
B) the Gypsy used the number because of a fear of pollution (marime) from non-Gypsies.
C) Gypsies did not traditionally use Social Security, so Social Security numbers had no importance to them.
D) many Gypsies are undocumented due to the broken immigration system.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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A feud is a good example oa kind osupporcalled coercion.

A) True
B) False

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In "Illegal Economies and the Untold Story oAmputees," Nordstrom notes thathe women in Muleque continued to clear farmland, plancrops, build shelters, and create barter systems even after being disfigured or disabled by land mines.

A) True
B) False

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According to Spradley and McCurdy in "Law and Order," substantive law is codified in writing in literate societies.In non-literate societies, people define whaa crime is by using procedural law.

A) True
B) False

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