Question 1

Why does sexual competition appear to be higher among humans than other primates?

Accepted Answer

A)   Unlike most other primates, human females are sexually receptive throughout the year.
B)   Humans are more likely than other primates to live in multi-male, multi-female social groups.
C)   Humans are particularly aggressive primates and more likely to compete through physical means.
D)   There is a lower female to male ratio in human communities than in most other primate groups.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

Same-sex marriages are __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   not typical in any known society
B)   prohibited in all societies
C)   fairly common in some societies
D)   the norm in a few societiesE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

In what type of societies are extended-family households found most frequently?

Accepted Answer

A)   sedentary agricultural economies
B)   post-industrial Western societies
C)   semi-nomadic herding cultures
D)   traveling food collector bandsE) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

Which of the following shows the different descent groups from least to most common?

Accepted Answer

A)   ambilineal, bilateral, unilateral
B)   bilateral, ambilineal, unilateral
C)   bilateral, unilateral, ambilineal
D)   unilateral, ambilineal, bilateralE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 5

Most societies __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   disapprove of marriages between first cousins
B)   encourage marriages between parallel cousins
C)   encourage marriages between first cousins
D)   encourage marriages between cross-cousinsE) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

What is the prevailing family type in over half of all societies known to anthropologists?

Accepted Answer

A)   extended family
B)   independent family
C)   nuclear family
D)   solitary familyE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 7

The custom of allowing a man to marry more than one woman is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   found in most of the societies known to anthropology
B)   found in only a small minority of the world's societies
C)   unlikely to engender jealousy among co-wives
D)   strictly forbidden in Muslim societyE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 8

Compare and contrast matrilocal and patrilocal residence,giving specific examples where appropriate.

Accepted Answer

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Question 9

Many anthropologists suggest that neolocal residence is related to the presence of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   a commercial economy
B)   overpopulation
C)   an egalitarian social structure
D)   food collectingE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 10

Whether the couple lives with the husband's or wife's kin can have important consequences for the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   status of the husband or wife
B)   economic stability of the family
C)   educational potential for the children
D)   relationship with elderly parentsE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 11

A single mother and her son,living together,would be an example of a(n) __________ family.

Accepted Answer

A)   independent
B)   extended
C)   nuclear
D)   solitaryE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 12

In a unilineal descent system,an individual __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   belongs to only one line of descent
B)   belongs to two distinct lines of descent
C)   may belong to multiple lines of descent
D)   changes his or her line of descent several times throughout his or her lifeE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 13

Which of the following is an example of an exogamous marriage tradition?

Accepted Answer

A)   marrying outside of a particular kin group
B)   marrying a member of your own caste
C)   marrying someone from within the village
D)   marrying with the intent to produce a male heirE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

In which group were incestuous marriages permitted?

Accepted Answer

A)   the ancient Egyptian royal families
B)   the Nuer of East Africa
C)   the Nambikwara Indians of Brazil
D)   the Brahmin caste of IndiaE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 15

Why is an ambilineal society not divided into separate kin groups,as in unilineal systems?

Accepted Answer

A)   A person belongs to more than one group and cannot live in several places at once.
B)   They are organized by religious group membership, rather than kin groups.
C)   The number of relatives in an ambilineal society is too small to create large kin groups.
D)   Intermarriage between groups makes it hard to keep track of kin groups in ambilineal systems.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Same-sex marriages are __________.

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