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Marriage, as a lifelong sexual, economic, kinship union between two people of different genders, publicly entered into and socially/legally binding |
| | A) | describes a phenomenon found in all human cultures. |
| | B) | is very rare, and based on an image of American middle class marriages in the 1950s. |
| | C) | ensures gender equity in ways which are not possible through other institutions. |
| | D) | is recognized by anthropologists as the most advanced form of marraige. |
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The difference between men and women is universally _____________ defined. |
| | A) | culturally |
| | B) | biologically |
| | C) | genetically |
| | D) | theologically |
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Anthropologists recognize that gender roles are |
| | A) | inherently biological. |
| | B) | inevitably associated with roles in biological procreation. |
| | C) | initially learned in kinship contexts. |
| | D) | much more egalitarian in developed societies than in foraging societies. |
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If a society figures kinship ___________, the children of a couple are members of their father's kin group, but not necessarily members of their mother's kin group. |
| | A) | avunculocally |
| | B) | matrilineally |
| | C) | virilocally |
| | D) | patrilineally |
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When a married couple is expected to live with the bride's mother, they are said to practice ______________ residence. |
| | A) | matrilineal |
| | B) | matrilocal |
| | C) | avunculocal |
| | D) | virilocal |
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In a matrilineal society, a married man generally |
| | A) | has no responsibility toward his wife and children. |
| | B) | is a member of his wife's family, and severs all ties with his natal family. |
| | C) | bears considerable responsibility toward the children of his sisters. |
| | D) | owns the house and land belonging to his marital household. |
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Unilineal societies differ from bilateral societies in that both patrilineal and matrilineal systems |
| | A) | cut children off from one parent or the other. |
| | B) | eliminate potential disputes over jointly owned property. |
| | C) | limit the support which individuals can expect from their kin group. |
| | D) | provide only one gender with political and economic influence. |
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In a patrilineal society, girls |
| | A) | don't belong to a kin group until they marry. |
| | B) | are usually lifelong members of their father's kin group. |
| | C) | are always second-class citizens, since patrilineal societies are inevitably patriarchal as well. |
| | D) | belong to their mother's kin group wives until marriage, when they join their husband's patriline. |
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The support individuals find in their kingroup within a bilateral kinship system is often |
| | A) | very informal and opportunist. |
| | B) | rigidly structured according to degree of relatedness. |
| | C) | quite negligible, leaving households entirely dependent on their own resources. |
| | D) | well suited to the development of family-based corporate endeavors. |
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The post-marital residence pattern most familiar to Americans is |
| | A) | patrilocal. |
| | B) | nuclear. |
| | C) | neolocal. |
| | D) | laissez-faire. |
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In societies where polygyny is the ideal, the decision to take a second wife is primarily based on |
| | A) | men's desire for multiple sex partners. |
| | B) | economic circumstances. |
| | C) | the first wife's failure to sexually satisfy her husband. |
| | D) | can never be supported as a feminist solution to women's problems. |
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A weak or abusive husband is most likely to be a direct threat to his wife in a ____________ household. |
| | A) | patrilineal, patrilocal |
| | B) | bilateral, neolocal |
| | C) | extended, avunculocal |
| | D) | matrilineal, matrilocal |
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In virilocal extended families in India, daughters-in-law gain influence by |
| | A) | developing close emotional relationships with their husbands. |
| | B) | resisting their mother-in-law's efforts to force them to submit to her authority. |
| | C) | giving birth to a child, ideally a son. |
| | D) | calling on their natal family for support whenever they are challenged. |
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