false
2 out of 2 points
In which of the following countries is same-sex marriages considered both
socially acceptable and allowed by law?
Selected b and
Answer: d
2 out of 2 points
In the United States today:
Selected E.
Answer: Monogamy is the only legally recognized form
of marriage.
2 out of 2 points
You are a young Maasai girl who spent her childhood in Kenya; your father and brothers
have always raised cattle as the family’s main resource (they are pastoralists). When you
are fifteen years old and in secondary school you meet a young man from the Kikuyu,
and agricultural tribe. While his culture is patrilocal just as your own, they do not pay
cattle as bride upon marriage, and many other cultural traditions are quite different. The
young man has not been married before, so you would be his “first wife”. This marriage
is:
Selected C.
Answer: Legally acceptable, but not culturally
acceptable
2 out of 2 points
A culturally sanctioned union between two or more persons that establishes certain rights and
obligations between the persons, between them and their children, and between them and their in-
laws.
Selected A.
Answer: Marria
ge
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following constitutes a culturally valid reason for divorce
among different human groups?
Selected All of the
Answer: above
2 out of 2 points
Families can be consanguine or conjugal. The conjugal family has many forms. One type
, of conjugal family is the , consisting of the husband, wife, and dependent
children.
Selected A.
Answer: Nuclear
family
0 out of 2 points
You are Inuit, living in the cold vastness of the Arctic Circle. One evening your
husband comes home, bringing with him a young friend. He is proposing an
alliance with this man and his wife, cemented through sexual access to each
other. There isn’t a formal ceremony that takes place, but the ties are binding in
many ways, and both your and her ability to refuse sex with either man will be
fairly limited. This marriage is:
Selected B.
Answer: Culturally acceptable, but not legally
acceptable
2 out of 2 points
In the video “Multiple Husbands”, the narrator argues that the biggest threat to polyandry in the
Himalayas is:
Selected C.
Answer: Education that gives the current generation both economic opportunities and
access to birth control
2 out of 2 points
When the economy is based on and when the man does
most of the productive work, the bride’s people may give a dowry that
protects the woman against desertion and is a statement of her economic
status.
Selected intensive
Answer: agriculture
2 out of 2 points
Only a minority of known societies, about percent, have rules
requiring that sexual involvement take place only within marriage.
Selected 1
Answer: 5
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following characteristics would traditionally be most
important in an Indian family’s selection of a bride for their son?
2 out of 2 points
In which of the following countries is same-sex marriages considered both
socially acceptable and allowed by law?
Selected b and
Answer: d
2 out of 2 points
In the United States today:
Selected E.
Answer: Monogamy is the only legally recognized form
of marriage.
2 out of 2 points
You are a young Maasai girl who spent her childhood in Kenya; your father and brothers
have always raised cattle as the family’s main resource (they are pastoralists). When you
are fifteen years old and in secondary school you meet a young man from the Kikuyu,
and agricultural tribe. While his culture is patrilocal just as your own, they do not pay
cattle as bride upon marriage, and many other cultural traditions are quite different. The
young man has not been married before, so you would be his “first wife”. This marriage
is:
Selected C.
Answer: Legally acceptable, but not culturally
acceptable
2 out of 2 points
A culturally sanctioned union between two or more persons that establishes certain rights and
obligations between the persons, between them and their children, and between them and their in-
laws.
Selected A.
Answer: Marria
ge
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following constitutes a culturally valid reason for divorce
among different human groups?
Selected All of the
Answer: above
2 out of 2 points
Families can be consanguine or conjugal. The conjugal family has many forms. One type
, of conjugal family is the , consisting of the husband, wife, and dependent
children.
Selected A.
Answer: Nuclear
family
0 out of 2 points
You are Inuit, living in the cold vastness of the Arctic Circle. One evening your
husband comes home, bringing with him a young friend. He is proposing an
alliance with this man and his wife, cemented through sexual access to each
other. There isn’t a formal ceremony that takes place, but the ties are binding in
many ways, and both your and her ability to refuse sex with either man will be
fairly limited. This marriage is:
Selected B.
Answer: Culturally acceptable, but not legally
acceptable
2 out of 2 points
In the video “Multiple Husbands”, the narrator argues that the biggest threat to polyandry in the
Himalayas is:
Selected C.
Answer: Education that gives the current generation both economic opportunities and
access to birth control
2 out of 2 points
When the economy is based on and when the man does
most of the productive work, the bride’s people may give a dowry that
protects the woman against desertion and is a statement of her economic
status.
Selected intensive
Answer: agriculture
2 out of 2 points
Only a minority of known societies, about percent, have rules
requiring that sexual involvement take place only within marriage.
Selected 1
Answer: 5
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following characteristics would traditionally be most
important in an Indian family’s selection of a bride for their son?
