Which of the following statements about shifting cultivation is true?
It requires cultivators to let exhausted plots of land lie fallow for several years.
Which of the following is a characteristic of most foraging societies?
Egalitarianism
Agricultural intensification is not associated with
greater ecological diversity
Which of the following is associated with horticultural systems of cultivation?
Slasn-and-burn techniques
According to Aihwa Ong, spirit possesion of female factory workers in Malaysis is
an unconcious protest against stressful and exploitine working conditions
The term alienation is used to describe what phenomenon in industrial economies ?
the separation of workers from things they produce
Paying taxes is an example of...
redistribution
Most modern foragers live in remote areas, completely cut off from other modern, agricultural, and industrial societies.
false
What is potlatch?
A festive event where the sponsors give away gifts and gain prestige in return.
What is the name of the postmarital residence pattern in which a married couple is expected to live in the husband's community?
Patrilocality
Which of the following is one of the main differences between descent groups and nuclear families?
Descent groups are permanent, while nuclear families are not.
What term refers to a unilineal descent group whose members claim, but cannot demonstrate common descent from an apical ancestor?
clan
the anthropoligical term for a socially recognized mother is
mater
What type of relationship describes a parallel cousin?
Ego's father's brother's child
The incest taboo is a cultural universal, but
not all cultures define incest the same way
What term is synonymous with bridewealth
Progeny price
What is the name of the custom in which a widow marries the brother of her deceased husband?
Levirate marriage
In matrilineal societies
desceant groups include only the children of the group's women
The gift that a wife's group gives to her husband's family is known as...
dowry
Which of the following statements about divorce is not true?
Divorce is unique to industrilized nation-states
In what is exogamy adaptive?
It increases the number of individuals that one can rely on in time of need.
Which of the following statements about polyandry is true?
it is a cultural adaptation to mobility associated with male travel for trade, commerce, and warfare.
The zadruga is a type of extended-family household found in what part of the world?
western bosnia
The term intersex describes
a discrepancy between external and internal genitals.
Anthropologists agree that clitodectomy is a practice that is universally associated with patricrchal oppression of women.
False.
Which of the following is not culturally constructed?
Sex
Biological differences between males and females, other than contrasts in breasts and genitals, is known as...
sexual dimorphism
In which of the foillowing societies would you extect a women's status to be the highest?
tropical foraging
In general, the status of women
is higher in matrilineal societies than it is in patrilineal societies
What have recent cross-cultural studies of gender roles demonstrated?
The relative status of women is variable, depending on factors such as subsistence strategy, the importance of warfate, and the prevalence of a domestic public dichotomy.
Which of the following statements about gender differences among tropical and semitropical foragers are true?
Women's work usually contributes more to the diet than does men's work; consequently, there is less gender stratification
Which of the following statements about Etoro conceptions of heterossexual intercourse is not true?
It was permitted to take place only in a couple's residence.
Cross-culturally, there are only two specific genders.
false
The emphesis on biological paternity is a cultural universal due to human evolution.
false
Examples related to marriage and sex ? (video)
American wedding: bride wears white as a symbol of purity.
Indian henna on brides hands before wedding show good luck for marriage If groom finds his name in the design on the wedding night.