What is the primary significance of rules of exogamy?
A) They form the basis for alliances between groups.
B) They keep privileges and wealth of a group intact.
C) They limit rivalries for power and influence.
D) They function to create a more conservative religious alliance.
E) They allow families to marry individuals who are related to them.
A
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A conduct extensive studies on a single language. B use anecdotal evidence from their own life experience. C compare the linguistic structures and belief systems of different languages. D analyze how certain phonemes are pronounced differently in different contexts. E do extensive tests on their subjects' brains before beginning any study.
The method that compares diachronic data while controlling for historical and environmental factors is called
a. cross-cultural comparisons. b. ethnology. c. controlled comparisons. d. ethnohistoric fieldwork.
Anthropologists have pursued studies of all of the following blood sports, EXCEPT:
a) cock fighting. b) bull fighting. c) professional boxing. d) pit bull contests.
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a. remote b. civilized c. agrarian d. isolated