Question 1

Discuss the potential problems encountered by couples that marry for "romantic love."

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Couples who marry for "romantic love" ma...

Question 2

Scarves worn by bride and groom are tied together symbolizing their eternal bond in which traditional wedding ceremony?

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A)   Buddhist
B)   Hindu
C)   Christian
D)   Muslim

Question 3

What are the advantages of an arranged marriage according to Native Americans?

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Question 4

Bridewealth refers to

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A)   gifts from the groom's family to the bride's family.
B)   wealth brought with the bride when she marries.
C)   wealth already owned by the bride.
D)   wealth accumulated prior to marriage.

Question 5

What marriage rule functions to assure that a widow and her children are provided for?

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A)   levirate
B)   sororate
C)   exogamy
D)   endogamy

Question 6

Family that include persons that are not kin are called

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A)   blended families
B)   single-parent families
C)   expanded families
D)   extended families

Question 7

In the sample societies discussed in the text, which form of postmarital residence is the most common (i.e., found in most cultures) ?

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A)   neolocal
B)   matrilocal
C)   patrilocal
D)   avunculocal

Question 8

Which form of marriage found in Melanesia and elsewhere potentially gives a man the most political status?

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A)   polyandry
B)   polygyny
C)   monogamy
D)   group marriage

Question 9

Same-sex unions, including marriage, have been recognized in the histories of all of the following cultures EXCEPT

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A)   Greek and Roman.
B)   European-American
C)   Pre-Columbian Native American.
D)   Sub-Saharan African.

Question 10

You are an ethnographer who has discovered a high correlation between internal societal warfare and the residence patterns of the society.Other ethnographers have noted a similar correlation.What is the most likely residence pattern that the ethnographer recorded?

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A)   patrilocal
B)   matrilocal
C)   avunculocal
D)   bilocal.

Question 11

The half-marriage of the Yurok (Lower Klamath River in northwestern California)  served to

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A)   allow poor men of low rank to marry by paying reduced bridewealth.
B)   allowed men to maintain families in two different villages.
C)   required a man to live with his wife for only half of the year while he worked out of the area to earn . money for bridewealth payments.
D)   gave a man prestige because he maintained two such marriages at the same time.

Question 12

A nuclear family consists of all of the following EXCEPT

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A)   mother
B)   father
C)   siblings
D)   grandparents

Question 13

Describe and explain the symbols used by anthropologists to diagram kinship relations.

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Anthropologists use a variety of symbols...

Question 14

What marriage rule functions to assure that a man will have a replacement wife when his wife dies?

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A)   levirate
B)   sororate
C)   exogamy
D)   endogamy

Question 15

You are an ethnographer whose data on residence customs after marriage show that 65% of couples live with the groom's MoBr.Your ethnography would report that _____ residence is the most common.

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A)   patrilocal
B)   matrilocal
C)   avunculocal
D)   bilocal

Question 16

Discuss the advantages associated with exogamous marriage rules.

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Exogamous marriage rules refer to the pr...

Question 17

What is sister exchange marriage?

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Sister exchange marriage, also known as ...

Question 18

In a kinship diagram, a single line between a male and a female symbol indicates

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A)   siblings
B)   marriage
C)   divorce
D)   death

Question 19

A kinship relationship based on a marriage connection is called

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A)   patrilineal.
B)   consanguineal.
C)   affinal.
D)   collateral.

Question 20

An alternate term for matrilocal residence is

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A)   uxorilocal
B)   virilocal
C)   bilocal
D)   matrifocal

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