What kinds of problems do societies face that are more effectively resolved by a social organization larger than the family unit?

What will be an ideal response?


Some common extra-family problems are social support and networking across group lines, defense for human and man-made disasters, coordination of rights to natural resources, and coordination of cooperative work forces for tasks that require more participants than households alone can provide.

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a. autocracy b. monarchy c. republic d. theocracy

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Male homosexuality among the Azande of the Sudan can be described by all of the following EXCEPT:

a. it is considered a legitimate short-term arrangement while men serve in the military. b. it involves the payment of bridewealth. c. it is not considered to be a long-term (lifetime) arrangement. d. it is a publicly recognized role. e. it involves the peaceful co-existence of both a homosexual and heterosexual relationship within the samemarriage or union.

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Arboreal primates possess an acute sense of touch

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Inbreeding is a form of random mating

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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