In what kind of society do you expect to find a matrilineal descent group?

What will be an ideal response?


It creates the basis for continuous female solidarity within the female work group and is usually associated with horticultural societies in which women perform most of the productive labor.

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Why are physical anthropologists concerned with human variation

a. its focus on separating different species b. they want to identify the factors that produce variation c. they want to prove that race is real d. the possibility to classify humans ethnically and racially e. physical anthropologists are not concerned with human variation

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In the matrilineal Trobriand Islander society, men raise yams, but because they work lands through matrilineal ties, the produce belongs to the man's __________

a. mother b. wife c. sister d. aunt

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Homo may have established some of the basic elements in human culture including all except _____________

a. home bases b. family group c. sharing d. socialization

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Which of these statements about Karl Marx is NOT true?

A. "Marx analyzed 19th- century industrial capitalism." B. "Marx viewed socioeconomic stratification in terms of several classes with different but complementary interests." C. "Marx called the owners of the means of production the bourgeoisie." D. "Marx called the people who sold their labor the proletariat." E. "Marx emphasized class consciousness."

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