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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What number is estimated by Chagnon of Yanomamo people that have died?

2. In what year did Chagnon return to the tribes?

3. What is one reason to borrow food?

4. Which animal frightens the warriors?

5. Who is the leader of the tribe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What major event had great impact on the culture? Why?

2. Discuss items given in trade and how they affect the relationships between tribes.

3. How does Chagnon compare Kaobawa and Moawa?

4. Discuss the role of the hunter and how it affects the rest of the tribe.

5. Name one of the most significant changes in the relationship between the Yanomamo and foreigners.

6. Explain the fear involved in men marching off to a raid or to war.

7. During what time period is Chagnon absent from the villages?

8. What has changed about the living quarters of the Yanomamo people?

9. Discuss the three main ways in which alliances are formed between tribes.

10. What is the name for men who have killed? What is their place in the social sphere?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how the genealogy of the Yanomamo is recorded. Who is considered to be the head of the line? Which side is more important - the mother's side or the father's side? What restrictions are there on marriage within the tribe? What other cultures practice similar rules?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Kaobawa of the Bisaasi-teri tribe and Moawa of the Mishimishimabowei-teri tribe.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the precautions taken by women who may be in danger from other tribes as well as their own people. What precautions are generally taken? Who is responsible for protecting the women and children of the tribe? Name some scenarios in which a woman may face the greatest possible dangers.

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