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What is a seis to the Kaluli?
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a. the 6th person born in a
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b. the name for a person and the shadow counterpart
c. the name for a highranking headman
d. The term used to describe both an evil spirit and the person it inhabits.
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To the Kaluli, the socialization of a child's natural helplessness is understood to be a transition from
_________.
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a. maleness to femaleness
b. social to individual
c. softness to hardness
d. cultural to natural
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The relative death toll of the Dani War rivaled the casualty rates suffered by the United States,
Europe, Japan, or China in the world wars.
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Is the recent emphasis among American Hmong on attaining college education a sign of assimilation
to mainstream American values?
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a. No, only the youth wish to attain college diplomas. Adult Hmong are more interested in preserving
past traditions.
b. Yes, all Hmong now believe that the past is now gone for ever.
c. No, Hmong are encouraged to earn college diplomas not for personal advancement but to help
their kin networks.
d. Yes, most Hmong now believe that education is the only viable path to progress.
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Flag question The advantage of enlisted allies is more important in traditional warfare
than in modern state warfare because the former usually benefits from the leadership and
technological contributions from their allies.
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Before the government interfered in the practice, warfare among the Kaluli consisted primarily of
____________.
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a. random outbursts of rage with seemingly no cause
b. attacks organized by chiefs attempting to acquire wealth and power
c. minor skirmishes intended to maintain the balance of wealth between villages
d. planned raids to hold witches accountable for their attacks
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During Kaluli language socialization, children learn how to _______ through speech recognition.
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a. avoid interactions with siblings
b. acquire the proper sex roles
c. brag about their good fortune by speaking gesema
d. soften
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Sources of information about traditional warfare have included all but one of the following:
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a. archaeological records
b. accounts by direct outsider observers
c. participant observer documentation
d. records of art history
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Kaluli kinship is composed of
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a. patrilineal, exogamous clans
b. patrilineal, endogamous clans
c. matrilineal, exogamous clans
d. matrilineal, endogamous clans
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Which of the following is not one of the ways traditional warfare differs from modern state warfare?
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a. the practice of total war as opposed to limited war
b. weak leaders directing by persuasion rather than by authority to give orders
c. personal vengeance as a major motivation for war, leading to cycles of revenge killings
d. enlisting of allies
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How did the result of the Vietnam War affect the Hmong?
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a. Some were evacuated by American forces, but many were left at the mercy of the Pathet Lao.
b. All were evacuated safely to the USA
c. They joined with communist forces to push the USA our of Southeast Asia.
d. They were given the independence they had been fighting to attain for hundreds of years.
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In Laos, the guardian spirits of Hmong houses are honored by
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a. reciting ritual chants while burning opium.
b. ritually offering a chicken in the middle of the home.
c. burying a baby boy's placenta under the floor.
d. ritual gifts of eggs regularly offered
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Many Hmong chose to remain in miserable refugee camps after the war because they felt more
secure in the company of their own kind.
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Modern warfare techniques utilizing trench warfare, artillery, machine guns, atomic bombs and
submarine torpedoes understandably produce much higher timeaveraged warrelated death tolls
than traditional warfare techniques with spears, arrows and clubs.
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If a Hmong ceremony is not performed for the center post of a house, what may occur and result in
illness?
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a. Witches may enter the house and perform black magic.
b. The souls of those within the home may wander.
c. Rotting house woods may attract dangerous insects.
d. The house will be invaded by poisonous snakes.
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Which of the following do the Hmong think are among the most important kinds of dabs (spirits)?
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a. household spirits
b. wartime spirits
c. money spirits
d. opium spirits
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Which of the following was offered as an example demonstrating the extent to which the Kaluli form
an intimate relationship with their environment?
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a. Individual Kaluli are careful to eat all the food they acquire, so as not to be wasteful of their
environment.
b. In their myths they can trace the exact route of their migration to the New Guinea highlands.
c. They are able to associate footprints with individual people and even individual pigs.
d. They know the Latin names of every bird.
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Traditional or tribal warfare tends to be virtually continuous, rather than an intermittent exceptional
condition.
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Why, from the perspective of the Kaluli, should food be eaten discretely when eaten alone?
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a. Food is associated with being an animal, not a human.
b. Sharing food is a powerful and lifelong cultural norm.
c. Privacy is a highly valued part of Kaluli culture.
d. If eaten publicly it will be stolen.
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The “battles by appointment” feature of Dani warfare, lead many, including Diamond, to describe it
as ritualized, rather than serious warfare.
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Like other highland populations in New Guinea, the Kaluli are highly egalitarian and lack methods of
enhancing individual wealth.
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The definitions of war used by scholars of smallscale societies usually require the inclusion of all but
one of the following elements:
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a. The conflict or violence must involve only trained professional combatants.
b. The whole political unit must sanction the violence.
c. The groups involved in the violence must belong to two different political units.
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