Anthropology Exam 2 Review

The way in which a society meets its need for subsistence is determined by a society's:

The attitudes, beliefs, labor patterns and other factors that help determine how a society will subsist are called its:

The concept of adaptation is best described as:

An example of maladaptation is provided by:

A culture area can best be described as a:

The food-foraging subsistence pattern:

The food-sharing practices of food-foraging societies are:

Features of social organization associated with food-foraging cultures include:

According to the textbook and video program, sexual division of labor in food-foraging societies probably arose in part from:

In a food-foraging culture, women generally:

The term egalitarian implies:

What is NOT an egalitarian aspect of food-foraging cultures?

Two words that best describe pastoralist cultures are:

The most significant result of the change from food foraging to food production was that:

It is believed that the transition from food foraging to food production began:

The horticultural pattern of subsistence is characterized by all of the following features:

Horticultural cultivation of crops usually results in:

Slash-and-burn horticulture is practiced by the:

Maize, beans, squash and potatoes are typically grown in the:

The development through intensive agriculture that made possible the rise of nonindustrial cities was:

A stratified society, in which people were ranked according to their work or their family, first appeared in:

The governmental structure of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan is best described as:

In addition to production, the essential parts of an economic system are:

To produce goods, a nonindustrial society needs:

In the division of labor by age found in nonindustrial societies:

The basis for sexual division of labor in traditional societies is related to:

In sexually segregated societies:

The technology of a nonindustrial society is reflected in part in its:

An example of technology typical of a horticultural society is the:

A system of reciprocity where neither the value of what is given is calculated nor the time of repayment specified is called:

The conditions essential for the establishment of a system of resistribution are:

The 'Big Man' feast is considered a leveling mechanism because it:

NOT a function of a nonindustrial marketplace?

Which of the following institutions is similar to a nonindustrial marketplace?

The history of business ventures such as a Western-style farming operations in third-world countries suggests that:

From a cross-cultural standpoint, all of the following statements about marriage are true:

Although the incest taboo is:

One probable explanation for the practice of exogamy is that it:

The two most common forms of marriage in the world today are:

Polyandry is a marriage custom in which a:

The marriage custom of levirate is best described as a:

The manner by which North Americans select their mates differs significantly from mate selection practices in traditional societies, in that North Americans:

The purpose of bride price is to:

ayment of a woman's inheritance to the husband at the time of marriage is called the:

What statement about divorce is TRUE?

One of the basic functions of the family is to:

The basic residential unit that provides for functions such as production, consumption, inheritance and shelter is termed the:

The nuclear family is typically found in:

An economic environment in which the elderly become a burden rather than an asset favors development of:

One explanation for the existence of extended families in many cultures is that:

The residence pattern in which a woman leaves her family after marriage to live with the family in which her husband grew up is the:

A distinct problem of nuclear families in Western industrialized societies such as the United States is:

Kinship is a term most precisely used to refer to:

To be described as a descent group, the group must have:

One important function of descent groups in many nonindustrial societies is:

A descent group that is a corporate group:

A descent group that traces its ancestors exclusively through the male or female line is called:

In patrilineal descent groups:

In matrilineal societies

A descent system in which the matrilineal line confers some rights and the patrilineal line confers others is termed:

The term for a group that allows membership to anyone who can trace descent through either the father's or mother's line to an ancestor is:

A common feature of lineages is that marriage:

In clans, all members belong to a:

In a society with moieties, the number of moieties is:

In a bilateral kinship system, the individual from whom relationships to a large number of relatives are traced is called:

A kindred ends when:

In kinship diagrams, the symbol triangle indicates:

The principal purpose of kinship terminology systems is to:

The kinship terminology system used by Anglo-Americans is the:

In the Eskimo system of kinship terminology:

In bilateral kinship, an individual is:

In a bilateral kinship system, descent is traced through:

Bilateral kinship is typical of societies in which:

Unilineal descent is commonly found in:

One characteristic of many societies that organize relationships according to bilateral kinship is:

A kindred includes:

One function performed by kindreds is to: