A basic premise of nineteenth-century evolutionism was
A) that contemporary societies represented the decline of culture from a golden age.
B) that matriarchy evolved at a later stage of society than patriarchy.
C) that human societies everywhere were evolving along the same lines.
D) that no survivals from the past could be found in modern societies.
E) that different human societies were evolving along different lines.
C
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Colonialism undermined women’s status in non-Western societies in all of the following ways EXCEPT __________
a. Europeans tended to ignore female leaders in favor of male leaders b. the growth of trade with Europeans tended to strengthen male economic positions c. missionaries altered attitudes about the appropriate roles of men and women d. it did not as native women refused to speak with the colonists
A married couple together raising children from previous unions is called a __________ family
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
All of the following are reasons that societies practice the levirate EXCEPT _____
a. it is a form of social security for the widow b. it is a form of social security for the children of the marriage c. it preserves the rights of the deceased husband’s family to his children d. it preserves the rights of the deceased husband’s family to the widow’s future children e. it is associated with societies that place the highest value on female heirs
WASP as a racial category used in the 1970s stood for:
a. ?white Aryan-Saxony people. b. Western-advanced Semitic people. c. ?white Anglo-Saxon people. d. ?Western and Asian special people.