Question 1

Post-marital residence in which the newly married couple goes to live with the wife's mother's family is called:

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

Name each of the major factors shaping forms of marriage cross-culturally.

Accepted Answer

​This involves number of spouses in marriage, whether and how they are arranged, type of marriage transactions, gender and racial identities of the spouses, kinship requirements and incest prohibitions, ages of the spouses at marriage, dominant cultural ideologies and contexts, and post-marital residence patterns.

Question 3

Which of the following statements about marriage is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  Marriage practices are remarkably plastic and adaptive to change. 
B)  Marriage practices are very fixed and do not change over time. 
C)  Marriages across cultures are diverse and do not share commonalities. 
D)  Marriage is a universal institution and is practiced similarly everywhere. 
A)  Marriage practices are remarkably plastic and adaptive to change. 
B)  Marriage practices are very fixed and do not change over time. 
C)  Marriages across cultures are diverse and do not share commonalities. 
D)  Marriage is a universal institution and is practiced similarly everywhere. A

Question 4

Which of the following is unique to marriage as a social institution?

Accepted Answer

A)  It provides sexual access between spouses. 
B)  It produces children. 
C)   It accords social status and public recognition. 
D)   It allows women and men to interact socially. 
A)  It provides sexual access between spouses. 
B)  It produces children. 
C)   It accords social status and public recognition. 
D)   It allows women and men to interact socially.

Question 5

Why is it difficult for anthropologists to define marriage?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because of same-sex marriage the definitions are no longer true. 
B)  Marriage is not practiced in the majority of cultures. 
C)  What constitutes marriage varies greatly across cultures. 
D)  Marriage is not socially sanctioned and not socially defined. 
A)  Because of same-sex marriage the definitions are no longer true. 
B)  Marriage is not practiced in the majority of cultures. 
C)  What constitutes marriage varies greatly across cultures. 
D)  Marriage is not socially sanctioned and not socially defined.

Question 6

Woman-woman marriages are associated with all of the following except they:

Accepted Answer

A)  are commonly found in sub-Saharan Africa. 
B)  involve one woman who identifies as the husband. 
C)  are associated with the production of children for lineages. 
D)  are commonly headed by impoverished women. 
A)  are commonly found in sub-Saharan Africa. 
B)  involve one woman who identifies as the husband. 
C)  are associated with the production of children for lineages. 
D)  are commonly headed by impoverished women.

Question 7

In the 1967 Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia?, miscegenation was ruled unconstitutional in all fifty states.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Some societies have both bridewealth and dowry requirements at marriage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Alliance theory is an example of a structuralist approach to marriage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

​Describe alliance theory, and give an example from your reading.

Accepted Answer

​Alliance theory was proposed by Claude

Question 11

Which of the following terms best describes pre-Spanish contact Pueblo marriages?

Accepted Answer

A)  Polygyny 
B)  Serial monogamy 
C)  Fraternal polyandry 
D)  Polygynous polyandry 
A)  Polygyny 
B)  Serial monogamy 
C)  Fraternal polyandry 
D)  Polygynous polyandry

Question 12

​Distinguish between monogamy and the two primary types of polygamy.

Accepted Answer

​Monogamy is when each spouse

Question 13

The idea that forms of marriage across cultures could be ranked from primitive to modern is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  delayed transfer marriage. 
B)  domestic hierarchy. 
C)  alliance and structure. 
D)  marriage evolutionism. 
A)  delayed transfer marriage. 
B)  domestic hierarchy. 
C)  alliance and structure. 
D)  marriage evolutionism.

Question 14

Fraternal polyandry is when:

Accepted Answer

A)  brothers marry one wife. 
B)  sisters marry one husband. 
C)  multiple husbands become friends. 
D)  the society creates marriage networks to arrange marriages. 
A)  brothers marry one wife. 
B)  sisters marry one husband. 
C)  multiple husbands become friends. 
D)  the society creates marriage networks to arrange marriages.

Question 15

Marriage transactions signify new obligations and relationships between the families of the bride and groom.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Among the San at marriage, what changes occurred in a man's behavior following marriage?

Accepted Answer

A)  He became chief of his own joint household and assumed patriarchal authority. 
B)  He built his own house and joined into ceremonial activities with the kiva community. 
C)  He brought his wife to live with his family and he began to hunt for his patriline. 
D)  He began to hunt more intensively for his wife and father-in-law. 
A)  He became chief of his own joint household and assumed patriarchal authority. 
B)  He built his own house and joined into ceremonial activities with the kiva community. 
C)  He brought his wife to live with his family and he began to hunt for his patriline. 
D)  He began to hunt more intensively for his wife and father-in-law.

Question 17

Marriage is universal and varies little from culture to culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In what year did the U.S. Supreme Court mandate that same-sex marriage is legal in all fifty states?

Accepted Answer

A)  2009 
B)  2015 
C)   2012 
D)   1995 
A)  2009 
B)  2015 
C)   2012 
D)   1995

Question 19

Describe six major factors that shape the form of marriage that spouses will have. Illustrate your points with examples and fully explain each.

Accepted Answer

There are several major factors that sha

Question 20

When gifts or cash is transferred from the groom's to the bride's family as a marriage transaction it is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  dowry. 
B)  bride wealth. 
C)  bride advance. 
D)  bride service. 
A)  dowry. 
B)  bride wealth. 
C)  bride advance. 
D)  bride service.

Post-marital residence in which the newly married couple goes to live with the wife's mother's family is called:

Name each of the major factors shaping forms of marriage cross-culturally.

Which of the following statements about marriage is correct?

Which of the following is unique to marriage as a social institution?

Why is it difficult for anthropologists to define marriage?

Woman-woman marriages are associated with all of the following except they:

In the 1967 Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia?, miscegenation was ruled unconstitutional in all fifty states.

Some societies have both bridewealth and dowry requirements at marriage.

Alliance theory is an example of a structuralist approach to marriage.

Describe alliance theory, and give an example from your reading.

Which of the following terms best describes pre-Spanish contact Pueblo marriages?

Distinguish between monogamy and the two primary types of polygamy.

The idea that forms of marriage across cultures could be ranked from primitive to modern is an example of:

Fraternal polyandry is when:

Marriage transactions signify new obligations and relationships between the families of the bride and groom.

Among the San at marriage, what changes occurred in a man's behavior following marriage?

Marriage is universal and varies little from culture to culture.

In what year did the U.S. Supreme Court mandate that same-sex marriage is legal in all fifty states?

Describe six major factors that shape the form of marriage that spouses will have. Illustrate your points with examples and fully explain each.

When gifts or cash is transferred from the groom's to the bride's family as a marriage transaction it is called:

Culture Fieldwork and American Anthropology

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Households and Economies

Kin and Families Forms of Relatedness

Gender Identities

Sexuality and Sexual Identities

Race and Ethnicity

Language and Musical Expression

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Technologies and Culture Change

Colonialism Modernity and Development

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Migration and Borderlands in the Global ERA

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Exam 5: Marriage and Residence Practices

Post-marital residence in which the newly married couple goes to live with the wife's mother's family is called:

Name each of the major factors shaping forms of marriage cross-culturally.

Which of the following statements about marriage is correct?

Which of the following is unique to marriage as a social institution?

Why is it difficult for anthropologists to define marriage?

Woman-woman marriages are associated with all of the following except they:

In the 1967 Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia?, miscegenation was ruled unconstitutional in all fifty states.

Some societies have both bridewealth and dowry requirements at marriage.

Alliance theory is an example of a structuralist approach to marriage.

​Describe alliance theory, and give an example from your reading.

Which of the following terms best describes pre-Spanish contact Pueblo marriages?

​Distinguish between monogamy and the two primary types of polygamy.

The idea that forms of marriage across cultures could be ranked from primitive to modern is an example of:

Fraternal polyandry is when:

Marriage transactions signify new obligations and relationships between the families of the bride and groom.

Among the San at marriage, what changes occurred in a man's behavior following marriage?

Marriage is universal and varies little from culture to culture.

In what year did the U.S. Supreme Court mandate that same-sex marriage is legal in all fifty states?

Describe six major factors that shape the form of marriage that spouses will have. Illustrate your points with examples and fully explain each.

When gifts or cash is transferred from the groom's to the bride's family as a marriage transaction it is called:

Culture Fieldwork and American Anthropology

Social Groups Stratification and Power

Households and Economies

Kin and Families Forms of Relatedness

Gender Identities

Sexuality and Sexual Identities

Race and Ethnicity

Language and Musical Expression

Religion and Belief Systems

Technologies and Culture Change

Colonialism Modernity and Development

Polities States and Nation States

Migration and Borderlands in the Global ERA

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Describe alliance theory, and give an example from your reading.

Distinguish between monogamy and the two primary types of polygamy.