As an Example of How Virtually No One Is Immune

question 7

Multiple Choice

As an example of how virtually no one is immune from larger political and economic forces,the Yanomami tribal society of Brazil has suffered recent changes as a result of

• A) being overrun by the more expansion-minded Nilotic peoples.
• B) modern-minded big men amassing so much wealth that people have begun to regard them as chiefs.
• C) village raiding among tribal groups.
• D) the involvement of NGOs in their internal political affairs.
• E) encroachment by gold miners and ranchers.

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Definitions:

Stackable Discounts

The ability to apply multiple discounts in succession to an initial price, cumulatively reducing the final cost.

Maximin Strategy

A decision rule used in game theory and decision theory for minimizing the possible loss for a worst-case (maximum loss) scenario.

Nash Equilibrium

A situation in game theory where each player's strategy is optimal given the strategies of other players.

Nash Equilibrium

A concept in game theory where no player can benefit by changing their strategy while the other players keep theirs unchanged.