The perception of legitimacy of political leaders is particularly important in complex state societies where centralized decision-making is required.

The custom of allowing a man to marry more than one woman is referred to as __________.

Rules of gender-based social separation vary across and within cultures and are reinforced through sanctions. Examples include all of the following EXCEPT:

What influence does biology have on families?

What is the least common form of residence pattern?

Oaths and ordeals are most likely in __________.

The terms ‘nation’ and ‘state’ are commonly used interchangeably because they are, more or less, describing the same thing.

A(n) __________ is a means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control.

The domestic mode of production organizes labor and daily activities within families according to:

Contrasting notions of the human species’ evolutionary roots of male dominance, baboons reveal a _____________ social organization, where females either dominate or share equal  status.