LESSON 10 - POLITICS, AUTHORITY AND LEGITIMACY

Political Organization includes political institution, political parties, political groups.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Bands are societies that were composed of small and nomadic groups of people.

The local group or community is the largest group that acts as a political unit.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tribal Organization is compose of distinct people, dependent on their land for their livelihood, who are largely self-sufficient, and not integrated into the national society.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Chiefdom Organization is a form of hierarchical political organization in non-industrial societies usually based on kinship, and which formal leadership is monopolized by the legitimate senior members of select family or houses.

• TRUE

• FALSE

State is an autonomous political unit, encompassing many communities within its territory and having a centralized government with the power to collect taxes, draft men to work or war, and decree, and enforce laws.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Who is the leader of the bands organization?

• PRESIDENT

• HEADMAN

• CHIEF

Who is the leader of the Chiefdom Organization?

• PRESIDENT

• CHIEF

• HEADMAN

Who is the leader of the State?

• PRESIDENT/PRIME MINISTER

• CHIEF

• HEADMAN

(Write at least 2 sentences)

How politics works on society?

(2 points)