Question 1

Which of the following is NOT true of the role of the Internet in marriage in contemporary societies?

Accepted Answer

A) Like the workplace, bars, parties, and churches, the Internet is part of what has been labeled the "marriage market." 
B) The Internet has largely supplanted traditional "offline" partner shopping, which has dramatically faded in significance. 
C) Use of the Internet for partner shopping first began to soar when dynamic websites based on databases were introduced. 
D) By 2009, over 30 percent of Internet-enabled couples were meeting through online dating. 
E) While the Internet can enhance opportunities to form new personal relationships, it can be disruptive to existing relationships, sometimes spurring jealousy in a spouse or partner. 
A) Like the workplace, bars, parties, and churches, the Internet is part of what has been labeled the "marriage market." 
B) The Internet has largely supplanted traditional "offline" partner shopping, which has dramatically faded in significance. 
C) Use of the Internet for partner shopping first began to soar when dynamic websites based on databases were introduced. 
D) By 2009, over 30 percent of Internet-enabled couples were meeting through online dating. 
E) While the Internet can enhance opportunities to form new personal relationships, it can be disruptive to existing relationships, sometimes spurring jealousy in a spouse or partner.

Question 2

In almost all cases of marriage in nonindustrial societies, some kind of preexisting social relationship between any two individuals helps determine whether they may marry.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Although briefly popular after its introduction, online dating never became a significant part of the marriage market.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Does the practice of paying a dowry necessarily imply gender inequality?

Accepted Answer

The practice of paying a dowry, which in

Question 5

Same-sex marriages are not culturally viable institutions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

This chapter includes several examples linking marriage practices with issues about property and inheritance.Describe these examples.Based on what you have learned so far about marriage, kinship, adaptive strategies, and political systems, can you suggest ways in which anthropologists could help explain relationships involving property?

Accepted Answer

In this chapter, the examples linking ma

Question 7

Serial polygamy is the practice of having more than one wife, but never more than one at the same time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Homogamy is the practice of marrying within a culturally prescribed group to which one does not belong.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Why does exogamy, the practice of seeking a husband or wife outside one's own kin group, have adaptive value outside of biological concerns?

Accepted Answer

A) It increases the likelihood that disadvantageous alleles will find phenotypic expression and thus be eliminated from the population. 
B) It creates new social ties and alliances, providing access to more resources and social networks. 
C) It impedes peaceful relations among social groups and therefore promotes population expansion. 
D) It was an important causal factor in the origin of social stratification. 
E) Exogamy is not adaptive; it is just a cultural construction. 
A) It increases the likelihood that disadvantageous alleles will find phenotypic expression and thus be eliminated from the population. 
B) It creates new social ties and alliances, providing access to more resources and social networks. 
C) It impedes peaceful relations among social groups and therefore promotes population expansion. 
D) It was an important causal factor in the origin of social stratification. 
E) Exogamy is not adaptive; it is just a cultural construction.

Question 10

Which of the following best defines polygyny?

Accepted Answer

A) the type of marriage in which there is more than one husband 
B) the custom whereby a wife marries the brother of her dead husband 
C) the type of marriage involving only two spouses 
D) the custom whereby a widower marries the sister of his dead wife 
E) the type of marriage in which there is more than one wife 
A) the type of marriage in which there is more than one husband 
B) the custom whereby a wife marries the brother of her dead husband 
C) the type of marriage involving only two spouses 
D) the custom whereby a widower marries the sister of his dead wife 
E) the type of marriage in which there is more than one wife

Question 11

If Hannah marries her deceased husband's brother, the arrangement is considered a levirate marriage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Royal endogamy among Hawaiians functioned to limit the number of conflicts about royal succession-an explanation that serves as an example of the latent function of a social custom.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

All cultures have taboos against ________, sexual relations with someone considered to be a close relative, although precisely what constitutes a close relative varies across cultures.

Accepted Answer

A) levirate 
B) sororate 
C) fraternal 
D) incest 
E) exogamy 
A) levirate 
B) sororate 
C) fraternal 
D) incest 
E) exogamy

Question 14

Which of the following is an example of a rule of endogamy?

Accepted Answer

A) a taboo on marrying members of the same totemic group 
B) the Nazi law forbidding Aryans from marrying anyone but other Aryans 
C) a taboo against marrying within the same village 
D) a taboo on mating with members of one's extended family 
E) the incest taboo 
A) a taboo on marrying members of the same totemic group 
B) the Nazi law forbidding Aryans from marrying anyone but other Aryans 
C) a taboo against marrying within the same village 
D) a taboo on mating with members of one's extended family 
E) the incest taboo

Question 15

With polyandry, a woman takes more than one husband at one time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Anthropologist Edmund Leach (1955) observed that, depending on the society, several different kinds of rights are allocated by marriage.According to Leach, marriage can but doesn't always accomplish each of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) give either or both spouses a monopoly in the sexuality of the other. 
B) give either or both spouses rights to the labor of the other. 
C) give either or both spouses rights over the latent and manifest functions of the other. 
D) give either or both spouses rights over the other's property. 
E) establish a socially significant "relationship of affinity" between spouses and their relatives. 
A) give either or both spouses a monopoly in the sexuality of the other. 
B) give either or both spouses rights to the labor of the other. 
C) give either or both spouses rights over the latent and manifest functions of the other. 
D) give either or both spouses rights over the other's property. 
E) establish a socially significant "relationship of affinity" between spouses and their relatives.

Question 17

Dowries are most common in societies in which women occupy an elevated status position.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following is ego's cross cousin?

Accepted Answer

A) MBS (mother's brother's son) 
B) FBS (father's brother's son) 
C) MZD (mother's sister's daughter) 
D) FBD (father's brother's daughter) 
E) MZS (mother's sister's son) 
A) MBS (mother's brother's son) 
B) FBS (father's brother's son) 
C) MZD (mother's sister's daughter) 
D) FBD (father's brother's daughter) 
E) MZS (mother's sister's son)

Question 19

A lobola, a substantial marital gift from the husband and his kin to the wife and her kin among the BaThonga of Mozambique, is

Accepted Answer

A) a form of bride theft. 
B) only given for elopements. 
C) the same as a dowry. 
D) widespread in patrilineal societies. 
E) widespread in matrilineal societies. 
A) a form of bride theft. 
B) only given for elopements. 
C) the same as a dowry. 
D) widespread in patrilineal societies. 
E) widespread in matrilineal societies.

Question 20

What is the term for the marital exchange in which the bride's family or kin group provides substantial gifts when their daughter marries?

Accepted Answer

A) polygamy 
B) bridewealth 
C) dowry 
D) progeny price 
E) brideservice 
A) polygamy 
B) bridewealth 
C) dowry 
D) progeny price 
E) brideservice

Which of the following is NOT true of the role of the Internet in marriage in contemporary societies?

In almost all cases of marriage in nonindustrial societies, some kind of preexisting social relationship between any two individuals helps determine whether they may marry.

Although briefly popular after its introduction, online dating never became a significant part of the marriage market.

Does the practice of paying a dowry necessarily imply gender inequality?

Same-sex marriages are not culturally viable institutions.

Serial polygamy is the practice of having more than one wife, but never more than one at the same time.

Homogamy is the practice of marrying within a culturally prescribed group to which one does not belong.

Why does exogamy, the practice of seeking a husband or wife outside one's own kin group, have adaptive value outside of biological concerns?

Which of the following best defines polygyny?

If Hannah marries her deceased husband's brother, the arrangement is considered a levirate marriage.

Royal endogamy among Hawaiians functioned to limit the number of conflicts about royal succession-an explanation that serves as an example of the latent function of a social custom.

All cultures have taboos against ________, sexual relations with someone considered to be a close relative, although precisely what constitutes a close relative varies across cultures.

Which of the following is an example of a rule of endogamy?

With polyandry, a woman takes more than one husband at one time.

Anthropologist Edmund Leach (1955) observed that, depending on the society, several different kinds of rights are allocated by marriage.According to Leach, marriage can but doesn't always accomplish each of the following EXCEPT

Dowries are most common in societies in which women occupy an elevated status position.

Which of the following is ego's cross cousin?

A lobola, a substantial marital gift from the husband and his kin to the wife and her kin among the BaThonga of Mozambique, is

What is the term for the marital exchange in which the bride's family or kin group provides substantial gifts when their daughter marries?

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Exam 11: Marriage

Which of the following is NOT true of the role of the Internet in marriage in contemporary societies?

In almost all cases of marriage in nonindustrial societies, some kind of preexisting social relationship between any two individuals helps determine whether they may marry.

Although briefly popular after its introduction, online dating never became a significant part of the marriage market.

Does the practice of paying a dowry necessarily imply gender inequality?

Same-sex marriages are not culturally viable institutions.

Serial polygamy is the practice of having more than one wife, but never more than one at the same time.

Homogamy is the practice of marrying within a culturally prescribed group to which one does not belong.

Why does exogamy, the practice of seeking a husband or wife outside one's own kin group, have adaptive value outside of biological concerns?

Which of the following best defines polygyny?

If Hannah marries her deceased husband's brother, the arrangement is considered a levirate marriage.

Royal endogamy among Hawaiians functioned to limit the number of conflicts about royal succession-an explanation that serves as an example of the latent function of a social custom.

All cultures have taboos against ________, sexual relations with someone considered to be a close relative, although precisely what constitutes a close relative varies across cultures.

Which of the following is an example of a rule of endogamy?

With polyandry, a woman takes more than one husband at one time.

Anthropologist Edmund Leach (1955) observed that, depending on the society, several different kinds of rights are allocated by marriage.According to Leach, marriage can but doesn't always accomplish each of the following EXCEPT

Dowries are most common in societies in which women occupy an elevated status position.

Which of the following is ego's cross cousin?

A lobola, a substantial marital gift from the husband and his kin to the wife and her kin among the BaThonga of Mozambique, is

What is the term for the marital exchange in which the bride's family or kin group provides substantial gifts when their daughter marries?

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Applying Anthropology

Language and Communication

Ethnicity and Race

Making a Living

Political Systems

Gender

Families, Kinship, and Descent

Religion

Arts, Media, and Sports

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters