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1
What is the term for the nuclear family that is formed when one marries and has children?
A)family of procreation
B)zadruga
C)family of orientation
D)tarawad
E)clan
2
What is the term for the permanent social unit whose members claim a common ancestry?
A)descent group
B)ambilineal group
C)extended family household
D)nuclear family
E)family of orientation
3
Which of the following statements concerning the Bosnian zadruga is not true?
A)The household is headed by a male household head and his wife.
B)It is an example of a descent group.
C)Each nuclear family has its own sleeping room.
D)The zadruga is composed of married sons and their wives and children, and unmarried sons and daughters.
E)It is a patrilocal social unit.
4
Which of the following changes has occurred in the United States during the past several decades?
A)With more women joining the workforce, the age of first marriage has decreased.
B)The divorce rate has decreased.
C)The number of single-parent families has decreased.
D)The percentage of adults who are married has increased.
E)Domestic arrangements other than the nuclear family now outnumber the "traditional" American household more than four to one.
5
With which form of post-marital residence rule do couples move to the wife's community?
A)patrilocal
B)matrilocal
C)unilocal
D)generational
E)neolocal
6
With which form of descent do people join their mother's group automatically at birth?
A)matrilineal
B)ambilineal
C)unilineal
D)patrilineal
E)demonstrated
7
According to Edmund Leach, marriage can accomplish all of the following except
A)give either or both spouses a monopoly in the sexuality of the other.
B)establish an arbitrary and meaningless bond between spouses and their families.
C)establish a socially significant relationship between spouses and their families.
D)establish the legal father of a woman's children and the legal mother of a man's.
E)give either or both spouses rights over the other's property.
8
What is endogamy?
A)rules that dictate marriage outside a group to which a person belongs
B)a situation in which a widow marries one of her deceased husband's brothers
C)rules that dictate marriage within a group to which a person belongs
D)forbidden sexual relations with a close relative
E)a situation in which a widower marries one of his deceased wife's sisters
9
Which of the following statements about India's caste system is not true?
A)It is an extreme example of endogamy.
B)A man who has sex with a lower-caste woman cannot restore his ritual purity.
C)Occupational specialization often sets off one caste from another.
D)Contact with a member of the untouchable caste is considered defiling.
E)The castes are endogamous, but many are internally subdivided into exogamous lineages.
10
Which of the following statements about berdaches is not true?
A)Berdaches were biological males who have assumed many of the mannerisms, behavior patterns, and tasks of women.
B)Berdaches sometimes married men.
C)Berdaches filled the traditional wifely role when they married.
D)Berdaches are used in the textbook as an example of the shortcomings of same-sex marriage.
E)Several Native American groups had berdaches.
11
Which of the following statements about dowry is not true?
A)Dowry exists in more cultures than bridewealth does.
B)Dowry is a marital exchange in which the wife's group provides substantial gifts to the husband's family.
C)Dowry tends to correlate with low female status.
D)A woman's dowry is supposed to compensate the groom's kin for the added burden of being responsible for the bride.
E)Dowry is best known from India but is also practiced in Europe.
12
Which of the following statements about bridewealth is not true?
A)Bridewealth exists in more cultures than dowry does.
B)As the value of bridewealth increases, marriages become less stable.
C)The bridewealth compensates the bride's kin for the loss of her companionship and labor.
D)Bridewealth is a customary gift given by the husband and his kin to the wife and her kin.
E)Bridewealth is sometimes called progeny price.
13
Which of the following statements about divorce is not true?
A)Divorce is more common in patrilineal societies than in matrilineal societies.
B)During the past several decades, the divorce rate in the United States has risen dramatically.
C)Ease of divorce varies across cultures.
D)Marriages that are political alliances between groups are harder to break up than are marriages that are more individual affairs.
E)Substantial bridewealth discourages divorce.
14
Which of the following statements about polygyny is not true?
A)Even in societies where polygyny is practiced, most men are monogamous.
B)The context and function of polygyny are the same in all societies.
C)The custom of men marrying later than women promotes polygyny.
D)The number of wives can be an indicator of a man's household productivity and social position.
E)Some men are polygynous because they have inherited a widow from a brother.
15
Which of the following statements about polyandry is true?
A)Most polyandrous societies are found in Polynesia.
B)Polyandry is more common than polygyny.
C)Polyandry is often a cultural adaptation to female mobility associated with trade or military operations.
D)Polyandry reduces the amount of land fragmentation between generations by limiting the number of wives and heirs.
E)Polyandry ensures there will be at least one woman at home to accomplish female activities.





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