1. The likelihood of divorce is ________ if partners belong to different faiths.
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High
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2. Sororate is the custom whereby when a man’s wife dies, her _____ is given to him as a wife.
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Sister
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3. Sororal Polygyny is a form of polygyny in which a man marries_____.
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Sister
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4. A rule permitting a man to have more than one wife at a time is known as Polyandry.
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False
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5. A rule allowing more than one spouse is known as_____
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Polygamy
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6. A rule permitting a woman to have more than one husband at a time is known as_____
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Polyandry
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7. System under which a bride lives with her husband’s family after marriage is known as_____
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Patrilocal Residence
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8. Nuclear Family is a family organized around the conjugal tie (the relationship between husband and wife) and consisting of a______
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All of these
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9. System under which a couple establishes an independent household after marriage is known as_____
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Neolocal Residence
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10. A rule that limits a person to be married to only one spouse at a time is known as______
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Monogamy
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11. Matrilocal Residence is a system under which a husband lives with his _____ family after marriage.
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Wife’s
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12. Marriage refers to the _____ that establish a socially endorsed relationship between adults and children as well as between the kin groups of the married partners.
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All of these
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13. Levirate is the custom whereby a man marries the widow of a deceased_____.
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Brother
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14. Incest Taboos are prohibitions on _____ relations between relatives.
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Sexual
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15. Fraternal Polyandry is a custom whereby a woman marries a man and his_____
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Brothers
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16. Extended Family is the family based on blood relations extending over _____ or more generations.
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Three
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17. Exogamy is a rule specifying that a person must marry outside a particular group.
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True
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18. A rule prescribing that a person must marry within a particular group is known as______
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Endogamy
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19. Presentation of goods by the bride’s kin to the family of the groom or to the couple is known as_____
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Dowry
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20. An aggregate of nuclear families linked by a common spouse is known as______
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Both a and b
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21. Goods presented by the groom’s kin to the bride’s kin to legitimize a marriage is known as _____
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Both b and c
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22. The cultural rule that a man must work for his bride’s family for a variable length of time _____ the marriage.
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Before or after
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23. Blended Families refer to kinship networks occasioned by divorce and remarriage in the united states that include the previously divorced spouses and _____
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All of these
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24. Avunculocal Residence is a system under which a married couple lives with the_____
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Husband's mother’s brother
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25. The process by which senior family members exercise a great degree of control over the choice of their children’s spouses is known as _____
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Arranged Marriage
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26. For a population to be at “replacement rate,” that is to not grow or shrink, how many children does the average woman need to have?
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2.1
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27. Which residence rule organizes marriage and families around a husband joining his wife’s family in their residence after marriage?
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Matrilocal residence
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28. In premodern China, which family relationship was considered most important in the household?
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Father and son
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29. Which of the following family arrangements describes a married couple and their children?
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Nuclear family
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30. Which of the following is the most common form of marriage exchange?
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Bride wealth
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31. Which of the following groups is associated with the practice of fraternal polyandry?
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The Toda of India
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32. In the polygynous Tiwi, why do men tend to try and marry older women before marrying younger women?
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Older women are more skilled gathers and therefore better providers.
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33. Polygynous relationships are most often associated with ______.
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Agricultural or horticultural societies where labor is critical and land is plentiful
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34. Where the levirate and sororate exist as cultural traditions, what is the most significant role they play?
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They protect alliances made between families.
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35. In unilineal descent groups, which of the following kin relationships would be considered exogamous in marriage?
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Cross-cousins
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36. In United States, there was historically a legally enforced practice of endogamy between members of different ______.
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Racial groups
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37. According to ______, humans have an innate aversion to mating with people with whom they are closely related.
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Psychologically based theories
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38. Which of the following is found in all societies’ prescriptions for marriage and relationships?
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The incest taboo
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39. What is the incest taboo?
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A prohibition on certain groups of kin having sex with each other
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40. Most human societies regulate sexual relations because ______.
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Humans are receptive to sex at all times and not just in cycles
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