Which of the following best defines polygyny?
A. the type of marriage involving only two spouses
B. the type of marriage in which there is more than one wife
C. the type of marriage in which there is more than one husband
D. the custom whereby a widower marries the sister of his dead wife
E. the custom whereby a wife marries the brother of her dead husband
Answer: B
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which of the following is not a characteristic field technique used by ethnographers?
A. The genealogical method B. Participant observation C. Conversation D. Telephone questionnaires E. Interview schedules
In South Sudan, a Nuer woman can marry a woman if her father has only daughters but no male heirs. This is done to maintain the patrilineage. The "wife" has sex with one or more men until she gets pregnant. The children born are then accepted as the offspring of both the female husband and the wife. What is important in this example is
A. social rather than biological paternity, again illustrating how kinship is socially constructed. B. the fact that only same-sex marriages are recognized in patrilineal societies. C. that it illustrates how romantic love is both universal and complicated. D. how biology overrides culture regardless of human intentions. E. how often marriage is simply about property.
The cultural materialist perspective uses a three-level model of culture that includes __________
A) infrastructure, structure, and superstructure B) class, "race," and gender C) ethnicity, age, and class D) structure, agency, and change