Question 1

What is the name of the custom in which a widow marries the brother of her deceased husband?

Accepted Answer

A) Sororate marriage 
B) Serial polyandry 
C) Filial marriage 
D) Levirate marriage 
E) Polygynous marriage 
A) Sororate marriage 
B) Serial polyandry 
C) Filial marriage 
D) Levirate marriage 
E) Polygynous marriage D

Question 2

How does marriage function as a kind of group alliance? What role do bridewealth and dowries play in creating and maintaining marriage alliances?

Accepted Answer

Marriage functions as a kind of group alliance by creating a bond between two families or social groups. When two individuals get married, they are not only forming a personal union, but also creating a connection between their families, communities, and sometimes even larger social networks. This alliance can serve various purposes, such as strengthening political or economic ties, expanding social networks, or maintaining peace and stability between different groups.

Bridewealth and dowries play a significant role in creating and maintaining marriage alliances. Bridewealth, also known as bride price, is a payment made by the groom or his family to the bride's family as a form of compensation for the loss of their daughter's labor and fertility. This exchange of wealth serves to solidify the alliance between the two families and can also be a way of demonstrating the groom's ability to provide for his new family.

On the other hand, dowries are payments or gifts given by the bride's family to the groom's family as a way of ensuring the bride's financial security and demonstrating the family's social status. Dowries can also serve as a way of compensating the groom's family for the economic burden of taking on a new member.

Both bridewealth and dowries contribute to the creation and maintenance of marriage alliances by symbolizing the transfer of wealth, status, and social connections between the two families. They also serve as a way of formalizing the marriage contract and ensuring the commitment of both families to the union. In some cultures, the exchange of bridewealth and dowries can also serve as a way of resolving conflicts or disputes between families, further strengthening the alliance created through marriage. Overall, bridewealth and dowries play a crucial role in the establishment and continuation of marriage alliances by solidifying the social, economic, and political connections between the families involved.

Question 3

Which of the following statements about polyandry is true?

Accepted Answer

A) It is found only among mining communities in Madagascar. 
B) It is a cultural adaptation to the high labor demands of rice cultivation. 
C) It is a cultural adaptation to mobility associated with male travel for trade, commerce, and warfare. 
D) Polyandry almost always takes the form of a sororate. 
E) Polyandry fails to meet Leach's criteria for marriage. 
A) It is found only among mining communities in Madagascar. 
B) It is a cultural adaptation to the high labor demands of rice cultivation. 
C) It is a cultural adaptation to mobility associated with male travel for trade, commerce, and warfare. 
D) Polyandry almost always takes the form of a sororate. 
E) Polyandry fails to meet Leach's criteria for marriage. C

Question 4

What term refers to sexual relations with someone considered to be a close relative?

Accepted Answer

A) Levirate 
B) Sororate 
C) Polyandry 
D) Incest 
E) Exogamy 
A) Levirate 
B) Sororate 
C) Polyandry 
D) Incest 
E) Exogamy

Question 5

The anthropological term for a socially recognized mother is

Accepted Answer

A) mater. 
B) genitor. 
C) mother of orientation. 
D) pater. 
E) mother of procreation. 
A) mater. 
B) genitor. 
C) mother of orientation. 
D) pater. 
E) mother of procreation.

Question 6

What are the two basic social units typically found in foraging societies?

Accepted Answer

A) Band and clan 
B) Lineage and nuclear family 
C) Extended family and clan 
D) Nuclear family and band 
E) Band and extended family 
A) Band and clan 
B) Lineage and nuclear family 
C) Extended family and clan 
D) Nuclear family and band 
E) Band and extended family

Question 7

Which of the following statements about the incest taboo is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Incest is tabooed only in societies that practice patrilocal residence. 
B) The incest taboo is a feature of a capitalist economy. 
C) The incest taboo does not eliminate incest. 
D) Anthropologists, like Kottak, predominantly believe that the incest taboo has a genetic basis. 
E) Incest was not documented in classic ethnographies and has only recently been the focus of research in anthropology. 
A) Incest is tabooed only in societies that practice patrilocal residence. 
B) The incest taboo is a feature of a capitalist economy. 
C) The incest taboo does not eliminate incest. 
D) Anthropologists, like Kottak, predominantly believe that the incest taboo has a genetic basis. 
E) Incest was not documented in classic ethnographies and has only recently been the focus of research in anthropology.

Question 8

Exogamy is the practice of seeking a mate within one's own group.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What term refers to a gift made by the husband and his kin to the bride and her kin?

Accepted Answer

A) Bride theft 
B) Elopement 
C) Dowry 
D) Bridewealth 
E) Cross-cousin marriage 
A) Bride theft 
B) Elopement 
C) Dowry 
D) Bridewealth 
E) Cross-cousin marriage

Question 10

In what way is exogamy adaptive?

Accepted Answer

A) It increases the number of individuals that one can rely on in times of need. 
B) It increases the likelihood that disadvantageous alleles will find phenotypic expression and thus be eliminated from the population. 
C) It impedes peaceful relations among social groups and therefore promotes population expansion. 
D) It was an important causal factor in the origin of the state. 
E) It reduces the gene pool of a community. 
A) It increases the number of individuals that one can rely on in times of need. 
B) It increases the likelihood that disadvantageous alleles will find phenotypic expression and thus be eliminated from the population. 
C) It impedes peaceful relations among social groups and therefore promotes population expansion. 
D) It was an important causal factor in the origin of the state. 
E) It reduces the gene pool of a community.

Question 11

Which of the following statements about divorce is not true?

Accepted Answer

A) Divorce is more common now than it was a century ago. 
B) The more substantial the joint property, the more complicated the divorce. 
C) Divorce is harder in a patrilineal society. 
D) Divorce is unique to industrialized nation-states. 
E) Substantial bridewealth discourages divorce. 
A) Divorce is more common now than it was a century ago. 
B) The more substantial the joint property, the more complicated the divorce. 
C) Divorce is harder in a patrilineal society. 
D) Divorce is unique to industrialized nation-states. 
E) Substantial bridewealth discourages divorce.

Question 12

Tarawad is the Nayar word for nuclear family.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In general, what happens as the value of bridewealth increases?

Accepted Answer

A) Marriages become more volatile. 
B) Marriages become more frequent. 
C) Marriages become more stable. 
D) Marriages become less frequent. 
E) Marriages become more symbolic. 
A) Marriages become more volatile. 
B) Marriages become more frequent. 
C) Marriages become more stable. 
D) Marriages become less frequent. 
E) Marriages become more symbolic.

Question 14

With patrilineal descent, a person takes her or his father's last name but recognizes descent through both parents.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The gift that a wife's group gives to her husband's family is known as

Accepted Answer

A) polygyny. 
B) bridewealth. 
C) dowry. 
D) progeny price. 
E) brideservice. 
A) polygyny. 
B) bridewealth. 
C) dowry. 
D) progeny price. 
E) brideservice.

Question 16

Which of the following is one of the main differences between descent groups and nuclear families?

Accepted Answer

A) Descent groups are typically not involved with politics, while nuclear families are. 
B) Nuclear families are always exogamous, while descent groups are always endogamous. 
C) Descent groups are permanent, while nuclear families are not. 
D) Members of descent groups are called affines, while members of nuclear families are called consanguines. 
E) Nuclear families are found only in industrial societies, while descent groups are found only in foraging societies. 
A) Descent groups are typically not involved with politics, while nuclear families are. 
B) Nuclear families are always exogamous, while descent groups are always endogamous. 
C) Descent groups are permanent, while nuclear families are not. 
D) Members of descent groups are called affines, while members of nuclear families are called consanguines. 
E) Nuclear families are found only in industrial societies, while descent groups are found only in foraging societies.

Question 17

After reaching an all-time low in the 1970s, the frequency of nuclear families in North America has been steadily increasing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The zadruga is a type of extended-family household found in what part of the world?

Accepted Answer

A) Mexico 
B) Malabar Coast of India 
C) Eastern Siberia 
D) Western Bosnia 
E) Japan 
A) Mexico 
B) Malabar Coast of India 
C) Eastern Siberia 
D) Western Bosnia 
E) Japan

Question 19

Polygyny has not occurred in Turkey since it was outlawed by the government in 1926.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The caste system of India is an extreme example of exogamy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

What is the name of the custom in which a widow marries the brother of her deceased husband?

How does marriage function as a kind of group alliance? What role do bridewealth and dowries play in creating and maintaining marriage alliances?

Which of the following statements about polyandry is true?

What term refers to sexual relations with someone considered to be a close relative?

The anthropological term for a socially recognized mother is

What are the two basic social units typically found in foraging societies?

Which of the following statements about the incest taboo is true?

Exogamy is the practice of seeking a mate within one's own group.

What term refers to a gift made by the husband and his kin to the bride and her kin?

In what way is exogamy adaptive?

Which of the following statements about divorce is not true?

Tarawad is the Nayar word for nuclear family.

In general, what happens as the value of bridewealth increases?

With patrilineal descent, a person takes her or his father's last name but recognizes descent through both parents.

The gift that a wife's group gives to her husband's family is known as

Which of the following is one of the main differences between descent groups and nuclear families?

After reaching an all-time low in the 1970s, the frequency of nuclear families in North America has been steadily increasing.

The zadruga is a type of extended-family household found in what part of the world?

Polygyny has not occurred in Turkey since it was outlawed by the government in 1926.

The caste system of India is an extreme example of exogamy.

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Exam 7: Families, Kinship, and Marriage

What is the name of the custom in which a widow marries the brother of her deceased husband?

How does marriage function as a kind of group alliance? What role do bridewealth and dowries play in creating and maintaining marriage alliances?

Which of the following statements about polyandry is true?

What term refers to sexual relations with someone considered to be a close relative?

The anthropological term for a socially recognized mother is

What are the two basic social units typically found in foraging societies?

Which of the following statements about the incest taboo is true?

Exogamy is the practice of seeking a mate within one's own group.

What term refers to a gift made by the husband and his kin to the bride and her kin?

In what way is exogamy adaptive?

Which of the following statements about divorce is not true?

Tarawad is the Nayar word for nuclear family.

In general, what happens as the value of bridewealth increases?

With patrilineal descent, a person takes her or his father's last name but recognizes descent through both parents.

The gift that a wife's group gives to her husband's family is known as

Which of the following is one of the main differences between descent groups and nuclear families?

After reaching an all-time low in the 1970s, the frequency of nuclear families in North America has been steadily increasing.

The zadruga is a type of extended-family household found in what part of the world?

Polygyny has not occurred in Turkey since it was outlawed by the government in 1926.

The caste system of India is an extreme example of exogamy.

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Doing Anthropology

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Political Systems

Gender

Religion

Ethnicity and Race

Applying Anthropology

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters