FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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Question
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Is led by a king
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Is led by a council of elders
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have the same religious beliefs
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Is led by women
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Detailed explanation-1: -matriarchy, hypothetical social system in which the mother or a female elder has absolute authority over the family group; by extension, one or more women (as in a council) exert a similar level of authority over the community as a whole.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Mosuo women are an isolated ethnic group in China who maintain a matriarchal society. A study shows that these women are happier and healthier than women living in a patriarchal society.
Detailed explanation-3: -The oldest female leads a matriarchal family in a nuclear or extended family. The matriarch in the family would be consulted on all important decisions made. The father and children would play a subordinate role in comparison. The matriarch would be the judge and the mediator on all family decisions and conflicts.
Detailed explanation-4: -a form of social organization in which the mother is head of the family, and in which descent is reckoned in the female line, the children belonging to the mother’s clan; matriarchal system.