Question 1

Which of the following societies is more likely to practice bride service?

Accepted Answer

A)  Asian horticulturalists 
B)  African agriculturalists 
C)  Native North and South American societies 
D)  European industrialists 
A)  Asian horticulturalists 
B)  African agriculturalists 
C)  Native North and South American societies 
D)  European industrialists

Question 2

In which group were incestuous marriages permitted?

Accepted Answer

A)  poor urban African Americans 
B)  the Nuer of East Africa 
C)  the Manbikwara Indians of Brazil 
D)  royal Egyptian families 
A)  poor urban African Americans 
B)  the Nuer of East Africa 
C)  the Manbikwara Indians of Brazil 
D)  royal Egyptian families

Question 3

A berdache is a male transvestite in which society?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nayar 
B)  Etoro 
C)  Cheyenne 
D)  Azande 
A)  Nayar 
B)  Etoro 
C)  Cheyenne 
D)  Azande

Question 4

It appears that all human societies have the custom of marriage. Why is this?

Accepted Answer

A)  marriage solves problems found in society. 
B)  it helps share the products of the division of labor. 
C)  it helps to care for infants. 
D)  all of the above. 
A)  marriage solves problems found in society. 
B)  it helps share the products of the division of labor. 
C)  it helps to care for infants. 
D)  all of the above.

Which of the following societies is more likely to practice bride service?

In which group were incestuous marriages permitted?

A berdache is a male transvestite in which society?

It appears that all human societies have the custom of marriage. Why is this?

What Is Anthropology

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Genetics and Evolution

Human Variation and Adaptation

The Living Primates

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The Origins of Culture and the Emergence of Homo

The Emergence of Homo Sapiens

The Upper Paleolithic World

Origins of Food Production and Settled Life

Origins of Cities and States

Culture and Culture Change

Communication and Language

Getting Food

Economic Systems

Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism

Culture and the Individual

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Exam 21: Marriage and the Family

Which of the following societies is more likely to practice bride service?

In which group were incestuous marriages permitted?

A berdache is a male transvestite in which society?

It appears that all human societies have the custom of marriage. Why is this?

What Is Anthropology

History of Anthropological Theory

Research Methods in Anthropology

Genetics and Evolution

Human Variation and Adaptation

The Living Primates

Primate Evolution: From Early Primates to Hominoids

The First Hominids

The Origins of Culture and the Emergence of Homo

The Emergence of Homo Sapiens

The Upper Paleolithic World

Origins of Food Production and Settled Life

Origins of Cities and States

Culture and Culture Change

Communication and Language

Getting Food

Economic Systems

Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism

Culture and the Individual

Sex, Gender, and Culture

Marital Residence and Kinship

Associations and Interest Groups

Political Life: Social Order and Disorder

Religion and Magic

The Arts

Applied, Practicing, and Medical Anthropology

Global Problems

Filters