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ANTHROPOLOGY 1000 AUBURN
UNIVERSITY: TEST 2 BERK 2026 LATEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE YOUR
GRADES.
Bridewealth or Lobola - correct answer --gifts from groom's family
to bride
-used to compensate for loss of bride from descent
Dowry - correct answer --gifts from brides family
-compensation for taking on and being responsible for the bride
Marital Alliances - correct answer -Sororate and Levirate
Sororate - correct answer --when wife dies, widower marries
wife's sisters
Levirate - correct answer --when husband, widower marries
husbands brother
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Polygamy - correct answer -- more than one spouse
-roughly equal sex ratios
-infertile life
Polyandry - correct answer --very rare (mostly found in South
Asia)
-ex. Multiple brothers marry same wife (Fraternal Polyandry)
Plural Marriage in the US? - correct answer --more than one
spouse but NEVER at the same time
-this is called serial monogamy
Broad Spectrum Revolution - correct answer --Global Warming.
- Receding Glaciers.
- Expansion of Human Range.
- Foragers pursued a more generalized economy, focusing less
on large animals
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Vertical Economy - correct answer -1. High plateau 2. Hilly flanks
3. Piedmont steppes 4. Alluvial plain
The Natufians - correct answer --Worked out the initial adaptation
to this array of climates
- Built permanent villages in the Hilly Flanks
Surplus Production - correct answer -1. Greater organization of
harvest
2. Greater limitation of access
3. Increased routinization of distribution
4. New limits on consumption
Domestication was the gradual result of? - correct answer --to
recreate the Hilly Flanks economy in new climates
Plant Domestication - correct answer --Wild Wheat/ Barleyà Brittle
axis, hard husks are changed to
-Domesticated Wheat/ Barleyà Hard axis, brittle husks
ANTHROPOLOGY 1000 AUBURN
UNIVERSITY: TEST 2 BERK 2026 LATEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE YOUR
GRADES.
Bridewealth or Lobola - correct answer --gifts from groom's family
to bride
-used to compensate for loss of bride from descent
Dowry - correct answer --gifts from brides family
-compensation for taking on and being responsible for the bride
Marital Alliances - correct answer -Sororate and Levirate
Sororate - correct answer --when wife dies, widower marries
wife's sisters
Levirate - correct answer --when husband, widower marries
husbands brother
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Polygamy - correct answer -- more than one spouse
-roughly equal sex ratios
-infertile life
Polyandry - correct answer --very rare (mostly found in South
Asia)
-ex. Multiple brothers marry same wife (Fraternal Polyandry)
Plural Marriage in the US? - correct answer --more than one
spouse but NEVER at the same time
-this is called serial monogamy
Broad Spectrum Revolution - correct answer --Global Warming.
- Receding Glaciers.
- Expansion of Human Range.
- Foragers pursued a more generalized economy, focusing less
on large animals
, Page | 3
Vertical Economy - correct answer -1. High plateau 2. Hilly flanks
3. Piedmont steppes 4. Alluvial plain
The Natufians - correct answer --Worked out the initial adaptation
to this array of climates
- Built permanent villages in the Hilly Flanks
Surplus Production - correct answer -1. Greater organization of
harvest
2. Greater limitation of access
3. Increased routinization of distribution
4. New limits on consumption
Domestication was the gradual result of? - correct answer --to
recreate the Hilly Flanks economy in new climates
Plant Domestication - correct answer --Wild Wheat/ Barleyà Brittle
axis, hard husks are changed to
-Domesticated Wheat/ Barleyà Hard axis, brittle husks
