Which statement about bridewealth is FALSE?
a. It tends to destabilize marriage.
b. It symbolizes the union of two kin groups.
c. It represents compensation to the wife's family.
d. It legalizes marriages and legitimizes children.
e. Bridewealth payments vary among cultures.
a
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The "one-drop rule" of racial categorization was never used to classify Native Americans because:
A) They received legal entitlements. B) They inhabited North America first. C) There were too many different tribes. D) There was never prejudice against them.
Among archaic peoples of Mesoamerica, __________ were located near seasonally abundant resources.
A) mesobands B) macrobands C) microbands D) broadbands
When an anthropologist is discussing culturally specific definitions of what is or is not art, she is talking about the concept of:
a. esthetic bias b. ethno-esthetics c. esthetic perception d. ethnic-bias
In a stratified society, even people who do not speak the prestige dialect tend to accept it as standard or superior. This phenomenon is referred to as
A. diglossia. B. creolization. C. symbolic domination. D. hypercorrection. E. style shifting.