What form of inheritance is practiced when a man’s property is divided equally among his children after he dies?

a) Paternal
b) Partible
c) Bilateral
d) Impartible


ANS: B

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a. cultural evolution b. social Darwinism c. ethnogenesis d. culture history

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institutions. symbols. values. mental maps of reality.

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A nuclear family includes all of the following except:

a. mother. b. uncle. c. father. d. sister. e. brother.

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Missionary criticisms of premarital sexual relations, divorce, and nonstrict child-rearing practices tended to increase __________ in indigenous societies

a. Christian conversions b. matrilineal practices c. loose kin ties d. patriarchal dominance

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