Give Short Answers to the Following Questions:
1. During most of the Vietnam War the United States Army drafted many of its members. Today, the draft does not exist (registration does not equal draft). What are the membership criteria for today's military and what kind of association has it become?
2. Describe the Karimojong age system. Is it ascribed or achieved? Which group plays the most authoritative role?
3. Describe the various functions of the Ijaw Women's Associations. Read about Manyano women's association and compare the two.
4. How have modern Lakota military associations adapted to the outside world?
5. How do friendly societies differ in their functions from those of tribal unions in western Africa?
6. Describe the differences between bands, tribes, chiefdoms, and state organizations. Compare the coercive power, or lack thereof, of each. Read the description of the archaeology at Teotihuacan and relate the evidence found there to power.
7. List and describe the sex means of conflict resolution. Which method has the best usefulness in the resolution of conflicts inside the family? Why?
8. What is feuding? What is its apparent function?
9. Why do preindustrial peoples go to war? What effect do formal alliances between nations have on the frequency of warfare?
10. How does a person become a chief in a chiefdom? How does a chief exercise power?
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