11: Political and Leadership Structures

Question 1

usually a very small nomadic group connected by family ties and is politically independent

Answer 1

Band

Question 2

combination of smaller kin or non-kin groups linked by common culture acting as one

Answer 2

Tribe

Question 3

political unit headed by a chief holding power

Answer 3

Chiefdom

Question 4

central village ruled by a single family

Answer 4

Simple Chiefdom

Question 5

Several simple chiefdoms ruled by a paramount chief

Answer 5

Complex chiefdom

Question 6

power to make binding decisions and issue commands

Answer 6

authority

Question 7

moral and ethical concept bestowing the right to possess and exercise power

Answer 7

Legitimacy

Question 8

legitimacy derived from social structures

Answer 8

Traditional Authority

Question 9

legitimacy from charisma of an individual

Answer 9

Charismatic Authority

Question 10

legitimacy from formal rules by the state and laws

Answer 10

Bureaucratic Authority

Question 11

population sharing similar culture and ideas

Answer 11

Nation

Question 12

political unit that has authority over an area of territory

Answer 12

State

Question 13

geographical area owned and controlled

Answer 13

Territory

Question 14

political organization and the visible instrument of state power

Answer 14

Government

Question 15

humans living together as community inhabiting the territory permanently

Answer 15

Population

Question 16

supreme power/final authority

Answer 16

Sovereignty

Question 17

homogenous nation governed by its own sovereign state

Answer 17

Nation-State