Question 1

Domestic violence against women is prevalent in patrilineal-patrilocal societies because women are isolated from their supportive kin.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The specific roles assigned to each gender vary from culture to culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Women head more than half of the households in America that have incomes below the poverty.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Countries with the greatest female labor force participation also ranked the least happy according to a 2010 Gallup poll.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Domestic-public dichotomy is defines as strong differentiation between

Accepted Answer

A) spheres of exchange. 
B) the secular and the sacred. 
C) elite and commoners. 
D) the home and the outside world. 
E) local and international trade. 
A) spheres of exchange. 
B) the secular and the sacred. 
C) elite and commoners. 
D) the home and the outside world. 
E) local and international trade.

Question 6

In general, societies with the patrilineal-patrilocal complex are not characterized by

Accepted Answer

A) scarce resources. 
B) inheritance of land and prestige through female lines. 
C) a strongly developed public-domestic dichotomy. 
D) male control of prestige goods. 
E) increased inter-village warfare. 
A) scarce resources. 
B) inheritance of land and prestige through female lines. 
C) a strongly developed public-domestic dichotomy. 
D) male control of prestige goods. 
E) increased inter-village warfare.

Question 7

The World Economic Forum in 2006 found that the gender gap in education worldwide has only closed 20 percent.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In many highland Papua New Guinea patrilineal-patrilocal societies

Accepted Answer

A) women are the primary producers of subsistence crops. 
B) women govern the public distribution of prestige items. 
C) women fear contacts, including sexual intercourse, with men. 
D) polygyny decreases household productivity because a man must provide for more than one wife. 
E) the public-domestic dichotomy is minor or nonexistent. 
A) women are the primary producers of subsistence crops. 
B) women govern the public distribution of prestige items. 
C) women fear contacts, including sexual intercourse, with men. 
D) polygyny decreases household productivity because a man must provide for more than one wife. 
E) the public-domestic dichotomy is minor or nonexistent.

Question 9

__________ is not culturally constructed.

Accepted Answer

A) Race 
B) Gender 
C) Kinship 
D) Sex 
E) Sexual norms 
A) Race 
B) Gender 
C) Kinship 
D) Sex 
E) Sexual norms

Question 10

__________ refers to the tasks and activities that a culture assigns to the sexes.

Accepted Answer

A) Sex roles 
B) Sex stereotypes 
C) Gender stereotypes 
D) Gender roles 
E) Gender duties 
A) Sex roles 
B) Sex stereotypes 
C) Gender stereotypes 
D) Gender roles 
E) Gender duties

Question 11

List differences between sex and gender.Explain why it is important to understand this distinction.

Accepted Answer

Sex refers to the biological characteris

Question 12

The designer Dior changed the image of male model from a thin juvenile to a rugged outdoorsman.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Explain how industrialism affected gender roles and stratification.Discuss the reasons that poverty is becoming feminized.

Accepted Answer

Industrialism had a significant impact o

Question 14

Discuss whether or not certain sexual preferences are more natural than others.Use cross-cultural evidence to substantiate the argument.

Accepted Answer

The concept of "natural" sexual preferen

Question 15

Biological differences between males and females, other than contrasts in breasts and genitals, is

Accepted Answer

A) sex. 
B) sexual dimorphism. 
C) gender. 
D) gender dimorphism. 
E) sexual bifurcation. 
A) sex. 
B) sexual dimorphism. 
C) gender. 
D) gender dimorphism. 
E) sexual bifurcation.

Question 16

Cross-cultural studies of foraging societies indicate that women never hunt or fish.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Gender stratification refers to an unequal distribution of socially valued resources, power, prestige, and personal freedom between men and women.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Yanomami society is one of the few matriarchies that have been documented by anthropologists.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Explain the difference between intersex individuals and self-identified transgender individuals.Give at least two examples of each.

Accepted Answer

Intersex individuals are born with physi

Question 20

Gender roles are the instinctual behaviors associated with each sex.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Domestic violence against women is prevalent in patrilineal-patrilocal societies because women are isolated from their supportive kin.

The specific roles assigned to each gender vary from culture to culture.

Women head more than half of the households in America that have incomes below the poverty.

Countries with the greatest female labor force participation also ranked the least happy according to a 2010 Gallup poll.

Domestic-public dichotomy is defines as strong differentiation between

In general, societies with the patrilineal-patrilocal complex are not characterized by

The World Economic Forum in 2006 found that the gender gap in education worldwide has only closed 20 percent.

In many highland Papua New Guinea patrilineal-patrilocal societies

__________ is not culturally constructed.

__________ refers to the tasks and activities that a culture assigns to the sexes.

List differences between sex and gender.Explain why it is important to understand this distinction.

The designer Dior changed the image of male model from a thin juvenile to a rugged outdoorsman.

Explain how industrialism affected gender roles and stratification.Discuss the reasons that poverty is becoming feminized.

Discuss whether or not certain sexual preferences are more natural than others.Use cross-cultural evidence to substantiate the argument.

Biological differences between males and females, other than contrasts in breasts and genitals, is

Cross-cultural studies of foraging societies indicate that women never hunt or fish.

Gender stratification refers to an unequal distribution of socially valued resources, power, prestige, and personal freedom between men and women.

Yanomami society is one of the few matriarchies that have been documented by anthropologists.

Explain the difference between intersex individuals and self-identified transgender individuals.Give at least two examples of each.

Gender roles are the instinctual behaviors associated with each sex.

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Doing Anthropology

Evolution, Genetics, and Human Variation

The Primates

Early Hominins

The Genus Homo

The First Farmers

The First Cities and States

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Political Systems

Families, Kinship, and Marriage

Religion

Ethnicity and Race

Applying Anthropology

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

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Exam 14: Gender

Domestic violence against women is prevalent in patrilineal-patrilocal societies because women are isolated from their supportive kin.

The specific roles assigned to each gender vary from culture to culture.

Women head more than half of the households in America that have incomes below the poverty.

Countries with the greatest female labor force participation also ranked the least happy according to a 2010 Gallup poll.

Domestic-public dichotomy is defines as strong differentiation between

In general, societies with the patrilineal-patrilocal complex are not characterized by

The World Economic Forum in 2006 found that the gender gap in education worldwide has only closed 20 percent.

In many highland Papua New Guinea patrilineal-patrilocal societies

__________ is not culturally constructed.

__________ refers to the tasks and activities that a culture assigns to the sexes.

List differences between sex and gender.Explain why it is important to understand this distinction.

The designer Dior changed the image of male model from a thin juvenile to a rugged outdoorsman.

Explain how industrialism affected gender roles and stratification.Discuss the reasons that poverty is becoming feminized.

Discuss whether or not certain sexual preferences are more natural than others.Use cross-cultural evidence to substantiate the argument.

Biological differences between males and females, other than contrasts in breasts and genitals, is

Cross-cultural studies of foraging societies indicate that women never hunt or fish.

Gender stratification refers to an unequal distribution of socially valued resources, power, prestige, and personal freedom between men and women.

Yanomami society is one of the few matriarchies that have been documented by anthropologists.

Explain the difference between intersex individuals and self-identified transgender individuals.Give at least two examples of each.

Gender roles are the instinctual behaviors associated with each sex.

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Doing Anthropology

Evolution, Genetics, and Human Variation

The Primates

Early Hominins

The Genus Homo

The First Farmers

The First Cities and States

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Political Systems

Families, Kinship, and Marriage

Religion

Ethnicity and Race

Applying Anthropology

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters