In matrilineal societies
a. women control property and politics.
b. the political system is matriarchal.
c. the elder men of the lineage has authority over both his own children and his sister's children.
d. elder men make decisions about the use of land and other resources.
d
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Among societies exhibiting the patrilineal-patrilocal complex in highland Papua New Guinea,
A. women remain the primary producers of subsistence crops. B. women govern the extra-domestic distribution of prestige items. C. women fear contacts, including sexual intercourse, with men. D. household productivity is decreased by polygyny, because a man must provide for more than one wife. E. the population pressure on strategic resources is relaxed.
The term "euprimate" refers to the primate-like primitive species that preceded plesiadapids
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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Which of these statements about the fluidity of ethnic groups is true?
a. Ethnic groups are not fluid groups. b. Most often ethnic groups become biologically extinct when members die out. c. Ethnic boundaries are usually firm enough that movement between groups is not possible. d. Ethnic groups disappear most frequently when they are absorbed into another one.