Page | 1
ANTHROPOLOGY 1000 EXAM 2 DR.
BERK 2026 LATEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS| ACE YOUR GRADES.
Homogamy - correct answer -marrying people who are similar to
you (class, ethnicity, race, etc.)
The Nuer - correct answer -The daughter steps in as a son to
keep the family line going in the absence of a male heir
The Lakher - correct answer -Half-step sibling relationships are
acceptable with a mother's lineage but not with the father's
lineage because they share the same last name
Lineal Kinship - correct answer -either the direct ancestors or
descendants of a particular Ego
Iroquois Kinship Terms (mother in law) - correct answer --Ego's
mother's sister is also referred to mother, and her offsprings will
be Ego's brother and sister too
, Page | 2
Nayar Descent - correct answer -a senior female
-many Nayar children did not know who their biological father was
Explanation for Incest Taboo - correct answer -- inbreeding
avoidance
- familiarity breeds contempt
- prevention of domestic chaos
- marry out or die out
Levirate - correct answer -widow marries one of her deceased
husband's brothers
Polygyny - correct answer -one man, several wives
Reasons:
- men marrying later than women
- inheritance of widow from a deceased brother
- increased prestige or household productivity
- an infertile wife
, Page | 3
Polyandry - correct answer -one woman, several husbands
Polygamy - correct answer -having more than one spouse
Serial Monogamy - correct answer -going from one relationship to
another
Fraternal Polyandry - correct answer -one woman marries all the
brothers
Sororate - correct answer -widower marries one of his deceased
wife's sisters (or another woman from her group if the sister is not
available)
Nuclear family - correct answer -parents and siblings
-small and impermanent (this is largely due to an industrial
society, so we have to move where the jobs are)
-matrilaterally skewed because women do more kinship work (ex:
modernbride)
ANTHROPOLOGY 1000 EXAM 2 DR.
BERK 2026 LATEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS| ACE YOUR GRADES.
Homogamy - correct answer -marrying people who are similar to
you (class, ethnicity, race, etc.)
The Nuer - correct answer -The daughter steps in as a son to
keep the family line going in the absence of a male heir
The Lakher - correct answer -Half-step sibling relationships are
acceptable with a mother's lineage but not with the father's
lineage because they share the same last name
Lineal Kinship - correct answer -either the direct ancestors or
descendants of a particular Ego
Iroquois Kinship Terms (mother in law) - correct answer --Ego's
mother's sister is also referred to mother, and her offsprings will
be Ego's brother and sister too
, Page | 2
Nayar Descent - correct answer -a senior female
-many Nayar children did not know who their biological father was
Explanation for Incest Taboo - correct answer -- inbreeding
avoidance
- familiarity breeds contempt
- prevention of domestic chaos
- marry out or die out
Levirate - correct answer -widow marries one of her deceased
husband's brothers
Polygyny - correct answer -one man, several wives
Reasons:
- men marrying later than women
- inheritance of widow from a deceased brother
- increased prestige or household productivity
- an infertile wife
, Page | 3
Polyandry - correct answer -one woman, several husbands
Polygamy - correct answer -having more than one spouse
Serial Monogamy - correct answer -going from one relationship to
another
Fraternal Polyandry - correct answer -one woman marries all the
brothers
Sororate - correct answer -widower marries one of his deceased
wife's sisters (or another woman from her group if the sister is not
available)
Nuclear family - correct answer -parents and siblings
-small and impermanent (this is largely due to an industrial
society, so we have to move where the jobs are)
-matrilaterally skewed because women do more kinship work (ex:
modernbride)
