Economic Anthropology

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What was the social outcome of the economic basis?

  • Elimination of communal relations
  • Emergence of trading empires
  • Consolidation of class divisions (correct)
  • Rise of small subsistence economies

What is said to explain the 'relative stagnation' of Asian economies?

  • The transformation of tribal aristocracy into trading aristocracy
  • The presence of large trading empires
  • The extraction of surplus while leaving communal relations intact (correct)
  • The absence of private property

What do modern Indian historians accord some limited credence to?

  • The idea of long periods of relative economic stagnation (correct)
  • The idea of long periods of rapid economic growth
  • The notion of private property in the chief means of production
  • The existence of an 'African' mode of production

What was the distinctive feature of African pre-colonial economies?

<p>The practical unknownness of private property in the chief means of production (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the basis of the large states in African pre-colonial economies?

<p>Trade and commerce (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happened to the tribal aristocracy in African pre-colonial economies?

<p>It transformed itself into a trading aristocracy (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the general characteristic of African pre-colonial economies?

<p>Communal ownership of land (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the impact of empires on the village economy?

<p>Empires came and went, but the village economy continued relatively intact (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the 'Asiatic mode of production'?

<p>A mode of production rejected by modern Indian historians (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the outcome of French historians' influence on the argument about the existence of an 'Asiatic' mode of production?

<p>The identification of an 'African' mode of production (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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