Since wealth and status determine the type of marriage patterns found in agricultural states, the primary form of marriage for all but the elite was __________
A. polygyny
B. polyandry
C. polygamy
D. monogamy
Answer: D
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Historical archaeologists in North America have provided much needed information about __________
A. immigrants who arrived in the last 500 years B. migration of the first humans on the continent C. historical records of indigenous societies D. physical characteristics of American Indian tribes
In Western societies between A.D. 1000 and 1800, divorce was next to impossible, but few marriages lasted more than about 10 or 20 years, owing to:
a. irreconcilable differences. b. high death rates. c. patrilineal societies. d. matrilineal societies. e. high economic cost of marriage.
The contrast between homelessness in the United States and Australia makes it clear that the cause of homelessness is __________
A) social policy B) poverty C) disability D) mental illness
What do the terms "fission" and "fusion" refer to in hunting-and-gathering societies?
A. hazards of contacts with the industrialized world B. cyclical change in population density relative to resources C. decision-making processes used by tribal leaders D. the dynamics of wild plant resources