Question 1

The specific roles assigned to each gender vary from culture to culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Cross-cultural studies indicate that

Accepted Answer

A) in nearly all societies men contribute much more to subsistence than women do. 
B) a gender-based division of labor is very uncommon. 
C) in most societies women tend to be the primary child caregivers. 
D) women generally are less restricted than men are with respect to premarital and extramarital sex. 
E) men never contribute to child care. 
A) in nearly all societies men contribute much more to subsistence than women do. 
B) a gender-based division of labor is very uncommon. 
C) in most societies women tend to be the primary child caregivers. 
D) women generally are less restricted than men are with respect to premarital and extramarital sex. 
E) men never contribute to child care.

Question 3

Which of the following statements about the domestic-public dichotomy is true?

Accepted Answer

A) It tends to be more pronounced among agriculturalists than among foragers. 
B) It tends to be more pronounced among foragers than among pastoralists. 
C) It is not significant in urban industrial societies. 
D) It is reinforced in American society by women working both inside and outside the home. 
E) It is not present in the industrial states of the Western world. 
A) It tends to be more pronounced among agriculturalists than among foragers. 
B) It tends to be more pronounced among foragers than among pastoralists. 
C) It is not significant in urban industrial societies. 
D) It is reinforced in American society by women working both inside and outside the home. 
E) It is not present in the industrial states of the Western world.

Question 4

All of the following are associated with agriculture except

Accepted Answer

A) a decline in both polygyny and descent groups. 
B) sexual double standards for men and women. 
C) increased status of women due to new production techniques requiring female as well as male labor. 
D) a sharp contrast between the domestic and public realms. 
E) isolation of women in nuclear family households. 
A) a decline in both polygyny and descent groups. 
B) sexual double standards for men and women. 
C) increased status of women due to new production techniques requiring female as well as male labor. 
D) a sharp contrast between the domestic and public realms. 
E) isolation of women in nuclear family households.

Question 5

What is the current trend in India?

Accepted Answer

A) Arranged marriages are increasing in number. 
B) Women are working and living independently longer before marriage. 
C) Women are looking for husbands in the United States. 
D) Marrying for money is becoming much more common. 
E) Women are living with their parents longer, as husbands are harder to find. 
A) Arranged marriages are increasing in number. 
B) Women are working and living independently longer before marriage. 
C) Women are looking for husbands in the United States. 
D) Marrying for money is becoming much more common. 
E) Women are living with their parents longer, as husbands are harder to find.

Question 6

In which of the following societies would you expect women's status to be highest?

Accepted Answer

A) Pastoral 
B) Agricultural 
C) A horticultural society experiencing considerable population pressure 
D) Tropical foraging 
E) Industrial state with high unemployment 
A) Pastoral 
B) Agricultural 
C) A horticultural society experiencing considerable population pressure 
D) Tropical foraging 
E) Industrial state with high unemployment

Question 7

Which of the following statements about Etoro conceptions of heterosexual intercourse is not true?

Accepted Answer

A) It was believed to sap a man's vitality. 
B) Women who wanted too much heterosexual intercourse were viewed as witches. 
C) It was permitted only about 100 days a year. 
D) It was permitted to take place only in a couple's residence. 
E) It was seen as a necessary sacrifice that would eventually lead to a man's death. 
A) It was believed to sap a man's vitality. 
B) Women who wanted too much heterosexual intercourse were viewed as witches. 
C) It was permitted only about 100 days a year. 
D) It was permitted to take place only in a couple's residence. 
E) It was seen as a necessary sacrifice that would eventually lead to a man's death.

Question 8

Women's status tends to be high in matrilineal-matrilocal societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What effects did the advent of agriculture have on the roles and status of women?

Accepted Answer

The advent of agriculture had significan

Question 10

In general, societies with the patrilineal-patrilocal complex are characterized by all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) scarce resources. 
B) inheritance of land and prestige through female lines. 
C) a strongly developed public-domestic dichotomy. 
D) male control of prestige goods. 
E) increased intervillage warfare. 
A) scarce resources. 
B) inheritance of land and prestige through female lines. 
C) a strongly developed public-domestic dichotomy. 
D) male control of prestige goods. 
E) increased intervillage warfare.

Question 11

How has industrialism affected gender roles and stratification? How and why is poverty becoming feminized?

Accepted Answer

Industrialism has had a significant impa

Question 12

Domestic violence against women is prevalent in patrilineal-patrilocal societies because women are cut off from their supportive kin.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Homosexual practices among the Etoro demonstrate that homosexuality is more pronounced in matrifocal societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Cross-culturally, women's activities tend to be associated with the home, while men are generally more active in the public domain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Yanomami society is one of the few matriarchies that have been documented by anthropologists.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Biological differences between males and females, other than contrasts in breasts and genitals, is known as

Accepted Answer

A) sex. 
B) sexual dimorphism. 
C) gender. 
D) gender dimorphism. 
E) sexual bifurcation. 
A) sex. 
B) sexual dimorphism. 
C) gender. 
D) gender dimorphism. 
E) sexual bifurcation.

Question 17

Cross-cultural studies of foraging societies indicate that women never hunt or fish.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Are certain sexual preferences more natural than others? Use cross-cultural evidence to substantiate your argument.

Accepted Answer

The concept of "natural" sexual preferen

Question 19

In Betsileo society, which is characterized by the patrilineal-patrilocal complex, women are not allowed to engage in any public activities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

More than half the households in America with incomes below the poverty line are headed by women.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

The specific roles assigned to each gender vary from culture to culture.

Cross-cultural studies indicate that

Which of the following statements about the domestic-public dichotomy is true?

All of the following are associated with agriculture except

What is the current trend in India?

In which of the following societies would you expect women's status to be highest?

Which of the following statements about Etoro conceptions of heterosexual intercourse is not true?

Women's status tends to be high in matrilineal-matrilocal societies.

What effects did the advent of agriculture have on the roles and status of women?

In general, societies with the patrilineal-patrilocal complex are characterized by all of the following except

How has industrialism affected gender roles and stratification? How and why is poverty becoming feminized?

Domestic violence against women is prevalent in patrilineal-patrilocal societies because women are cut off from their supportive kin.

Homosexual practices among the Etoro demonstrate that homosexuality is more pronounced in matrifocal societies.

Cross-culturally, women's activities tend to be associated with the home, while men are generally more active in the public domain.

Yanomami society is one of the few matriarchies that have been documented by anthropologists.

Biological differences between males and females, other than contrasts in breasts and genitals, is known as

Cross-cultural studies of foraging societies indicate that women never hunt or fish.

Are certain sexual preferences more natural than others? Use cross-cultural evidence to substantiate your argument.

In Betsileo society, which is characterized by the patrilineal-patrilocal complex, women are not allowed to engage in any public activities.

More than half the households in America with incomes below the poverty line are headed by women.

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Exam 8: Gender

The specific roles assigned to each gender vary from culture to culture.

Cross-cultural studies indicate that

Which of the following statements about the domestic-public dichotomy is true?

All of the following are associated with agriculture except

What is the current trend in India?

In which of the following societies would you expect women's status to be highest?

Which of the following statements about Etoro conceptions of heterosexual intercourse is not true?

Women's status tends to be high in matrilineal-matrilocal societies.

What effects did the advent of agriculture have on the roles and status of women?

In general, societies with the patrilineal-patrilocal complex are characterized by all of the following except

How has industrialism affected gender roles and stratification? How and why is poverty becoming feminized?

Domestic violence against women is prevalent in patrilineal-patrilocal societies because women are cut off from their supportive kin.

Homosexual practices among the Etoro demonstrate that homosexuality is more pronounced in matrifocal societies.

Cross-culturally, women's activities tend to be associated with the home, while men are generally more active in the public domain.

Yanomami society is one of the few matriarchies that have been documented by anthropologists.

Biological differences between males and females, other than contrasts in breasts and genitals, is known as

Cross-cultural studies of foraging societies indicate that women never hunt or fish.

Are certain sexual preferences more natural than others? Use cross-cultural evidence to substantiate your argument.

In Betsileo society, which is characterized by the patrilineal-patrilocal complex, women are not allowed to engage in any public activities.

More than half the households in America with incomes below the poverty line are headed by women.

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Doing Anthropology

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Political Systems

Families, Kinship, and Marriage

Religion

Ethnicity and Race

Applying Anthropology

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters