Question 1

Nuclear families risk what?

Accepted Answer

A)   economic extinction
B)   disintegration
C)   social isolation
D)   economic dependence

Question 2

In ghost marriages, the __________ of the dead man provides the dead man's wife with children so that his lineage will continue.

Accepted Answer

A)   uncle
B)   father
C)   son
D)   younger brother

Question 3

According to U.S. Census information covering the years 1980 to 2009, what are the trends for changes in families in the United States?

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Question 4

Polyandry usually occurs in societies __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   with a shortage of women
B)   that are matriarchal
C)   in which sons are preferred over daughters
D)   where men are away from their households

Question 5

Why might a man in traditional Kwakwaka'wakw society designate a part of a son's or his own body as female and marry it to another man?

Accepted Answer

A)   to form the strongest possible political alliance
B)   to gain access to use rights to the "husband's" land
C)   to allow wealth and titles to be inherited if the man had no daughters
D)   to have a homosexual relationship publicly recognized

Question 6

Though testifying in court is not generally associated with cultural anthropology, cultural anthropologists are often called to testify in cases involving all of the following EXCEPT __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   landownership
B)   family law
C)   child custody
D)   dowry negotiations

Question 7

Which term describes a residence pattern in which a newly married couple resides with or near the wife's parents?

Accepted Answer

A)   uxorilocal
B)   matrilocal
C)   maternalocal
D)   virilocal

Question 8

What are the advantages of nuclear families? Who receives these advantages? What are the risks of nuclear families? Who is most likely to suffer from the risks?

Accepted Answer

Nuclear families have several advantages...

Question 9

The usual pattern of post-marital residence in the United States and Europe is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   bilocal
B)   neolocal
C)   patrilocal
D)   matrilocal

Question 10

Which of the following statements about dowry payments is true?

Accepted Answer

A)   The family of the groom may benefit from dowry payment because they can use wealth to achieve greater status.
B)   The family of the bride may benefit from dowry payment because they can use wealth to achieve greater status.
C)   Dowry payments usually remain property of the bride.
D)   Dowry payments always protect the interests of a wife in a patrilineal and patriarchal society.

Question 11

Throughout the world, most families are formed through what?

Accepted Answer

A)   marriage
B)   legal obligation
C)   love and attraction
D)   property sharing

Question 12

In India, traditional Nayar husbands and wives __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   always belonged to the same lineage
B)   had no social or economic responsibilities to each other
C)   had to belong to different castes
D)   were always cousins

Question 13

In extreme patriarchal societies, who usually has the right to divorce?

Accepted Answer

A)   women
B)   men
C)   the bride's father
D)   the groom's father

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