What do anthropologists mean by the term "authority"?
What will be an ideal response?
Authority is the recognized right of an individual to command another person to act in a particular way.
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In a matrilineal society, a boy’s father figure is his:
a. maternal grandfather. b. mother’s sister’s husband. c. biological father. d. father’s sister’s husband. e. mother’s brother.
How might a historian interpret the Garden of Eden tale?
A) Men lived in blissful ignorance until women invented agriculture. B) It reflects men's deeply hidden fears of female sexuality. C) Literacy and other forms of knowledge brought irreversible social change. D) It encourages men to control their wives, who are apt to make bad decisions.
The degree of mobility in a stratified society such as Hindu India is tied to:
a. family organization b. class statuses c. religious organization d. occupation classes
The Hawaiian kinship terminology system is often associated with which type of descent pattern?
a. ambilineal b. bilateral c. parallel d. double