A ____ descent system traces kinship relationships through the male line
a. matrilineal
b. patrilineal
c. bilateral
d. parallel gendered
b
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Which of the following orders from the Archonta taxonomic group is now extinct?
A. Chiroptera B. Dermoptera C. Plesiadapis D. Scandentia
All of the following are associated with polygyny except:
a. commonly found in societies in which women do the bulk of cultivation work. b. wives have a strong bargaining power within the household. c. women are normally much younger than the men they marry. d. frequently found in societies that have suffered violence and in which there are high male combat deaths. e. shows the lower status of men than women in these societies.
Most of the deaths of indigenous people in the Americas attributed to Euro-American contact were caused by __________
a. food shortages and overconsumption by Europeans b. warfare between indigenous tribes c. an economic system shift away from subsistence farming to trapping d. diseases of European origin
To what does the term purdah refer?
A. the idea of physical attractiveness and sensuality B. the wearing of the veil and forced seclusion of Muslim women C. the concept of the traditional extended family D. bridewealth paid in traditional Islamic families