Question 1

Which of the following is an example of a matrilineal-matrifocal society?

Accepted Answer

A) United States 
B) Yanomami 
C) Betsileo 
D) Etoro 
E) Minangkabau 
A) United States 
B) Yanomami 
C) Betsileo 
D) Etoro 
E) Minangkabau

Question 2

The reasons why single-parent families headed by women are becoming increasingly common include male migration, divorce, abandonment, and the idea that child care is women's responsibility.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

In most patrilineal-patrilocal horticultural societies

Accepted Answer

A) women are the primary producers of subsistence crops. 
B) women govern the public distribution of prestige items. 
C) women fear contacts, including sexual intercourse, with men. 
D) polygyny decreases household productivity because a man must provide for more than one wife. 
E) the public-domestic dichotomy is minor or nonexistent. 
A) women are the primary producers of subsistence crops. 
B) women govern the public distribution of prestige items. 
C) women fear contacts, including sexual intercourse, with men. 
D) polygyny decreases household productivity because a man must provide for more than one wife. 
E) the public-domestic dichotomy is minor or nonexistent.

Question 4

More than half of American households with incomes below the poverty line

Accepted Answer

A) are patrifocal. 
B) are extended. 
C) are headed by men. 
D) are headed by women. 
E) are headed by grandparents. 
A) are patrifocal. 
B) are extended. 
C) are headed by men. 
D) are headed by women. 
E) are headed by grandparents.

Question 5

Which type of a situation is most likely to result in a matrilineal-matrilocal society?

Accepted Answer

A) Population pressure is high. 
B) A shift to agriculture has recently taken place. 
C) Men's hunting activities are more important than women's gathering. 
D) Polygyny is common. 
E) Warfare is infrequent. 
A) Population pressure is high. 
B) A shift to agriculture has recently taken place. 
C) Men's hunting activities are more important than women's gathering. 
D) Polygyny is common. 
E) Warfare is infrequent.

Question 6

In agricultural societies, women typically are the primary cultivators.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Gender roles are the instinctual behaviors associated with each sex.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The fact that chimpanzees and other nonhuman primates engage in masturbation and same-sex sexual activity suggests that

Accepted Answer

A) human sexuality is completely determined by biology. 
B) it is immoral for humans to engage in such activities. 
C) flexibility in sexual expression is part of humans' primate heritage. 
D) heterosexual sex is more common among humans than among other primates. 
E) human sexuality is completely determined by culture. 
A) human sexuality is completely determined by biology. 
B) it is immoral for humans to engage in such activities. 
C) flexibility in sexual expression is part of humans' primate heritage. 
D) heterosexual sex is more common among humans than among other primates. 
E) human sexuality is completely determined by culture.

Question 9

Male-female avoidance among the Etoro was linked to beliefs about the cycle of birth, physical growth, maturity, old age, and death.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following statements concerning gender stratification is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Gender equality is common among agriculturalists. 
B) There are many societies in which women control all the strategic resources and engage in the most prestigious activities. 
C) Gender stratification is generally reduced when the domestic and public spheres are not sharply separated. 
D) The more women contribute to the domestic sphere, the more publicly recognized power they achieve. 
E) The less women contribute to the public sphere, the more publicly recognized power they achieve. 
A) Gender equality is common among agriculturalists. 
B) There are many societies in which women control all the strategic resources and engage in the most prestigious activities. 
C) Gender stratification is generally reduced when the domestic and public spheres are not sharply separated. 
D) The more women contribute to the domestic sphere, the more publicly recognized power they achieve. 
E) The less women contribute to the public sphere, the more publicly recognized power they achieve.

Question 11

What social, political, and economic conditions influence gender stratification and violence against women?

Accepted Answer

Gender stratification and violence again

Question 12

What term refers to the tasks and activities that a culture assigns to the sexes?

Accepted Answer

A) Sex roles 
B) Sex stereotypes 
C) Gender stereotypes 
D) Gender roles 
E) Gender duties 
A) Sex roles 
B) Sex stereotypes 
C) Gender stereotypes 
D) Gender roles 
E) Gender duties

Question 13

What have recent cross-cultural studies of gender roles demonstrated?

Accepted Answer

A) The gender roles of men and women are largely determined by their biological capabilities-relative strength, endurance, intelligence, etc. 
B) Women are subservient to men in nearly all societies because their subsistence activities contribute much less to the total diet than do those of men. 
C) The relative status of women is variable, depending on factors such as subsistence strategy, the importance of warfare, and the prevalence of a domestic-public dichotomy. 
D) Foraging, horticultural, pastoral, and industrial societies all have similar attitudes regarding gender roles. 
E) Changes in the gender roles of men and women are usually associated with social decay and anarchy. 
A) The gender roles of men and women are largely determined by their biological capabilities-relative strength, endurance, intelligence, etc. 
B) Women are subservient to men in nearly all societies because their subsistence activities contribute much less to the total diet than do those of men. 
C) The relative status of women is variable, depending on factors such as subsistence strategy, the importance of warfare, and the prevalence of a domestic-public dichotomy. 
D) Foraging, horticultural, pastoral, and industrial societies all have similar attitudes regarding gender roles. 
E) Changes in the gender roles of men and women are usually associated with social decay and anarchy.

Question 14

In general, the status of women

Accepted Answer

A) rises as dependence on food production intensifies. 
B) is higher in societies in which males do most of the work in food production. 
C) is higher among agriculturalists than it is among foragers. 
D) is higher in matrilineal societies than it is in patrilineal societies. 
E) is higher in Yanomami society than it is among the Betsileo of Madagascar. 
A) rises as dependence on food production intensifies. 
B) is higher in societies in which males do most of the work in food production. 
C) is higher among agriculturalists than it is among foragers. 
D) is higher in matrilineal societies than it is in patrilineal societies. 
E) is higher in Yanomami society than it is among the Betsileo of Madagascar.

Question 15

Gender stratification tends to be extreme in patrilineal-patrilocal societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Which of the following is an example of a matrilineal-matrifocal society?

The reasons why single-parent families headed by women are becoming increasingly common include male migration, divorce, abandonment, and the idea that child care is women's responsibility.

In most patrilineal-patrilocal horticultural societies

More than half of American households with incomes below the poverty line

Which type of a situation is most likely to result in a matrilineal-matrilocal society?

In agricultural societies, women typically are the primary cultivators.

Gender roles are the instinctual behaviors associated with each sex.

The fact that chimpanzees and other nonhuman primates engage in masturbation and same-sex sexual activity suggests that

Male-female avoidance among the Etoro was linked to beliefs about the cycle of birth, physical growth, maturity, old age, and death.

Which of the following statements concerning gender stratification is true?

What social, political, and economic conditions influence gender stratification and violence against women?

What term refers to the tasks and activities that a culture assigns to the sexes?

What have recent cross-cultural studies of gender roles demonstrated?

In general, the status of women

Gender stratification tends to be extreme in patrilineal-patrilocal societies.

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Exam 8: Gender

Which of the following is an example of a matrilineal-matrifocal society?

The reasons why single-parent families headed by women are becoming increasingly common include male migration, divorce, abandonment, and the idea that child care is women's responsibility.

In most patrilineal-patrilocal horticultural societies

More than half of American households with incomes below the poverty line

Which type of a situation is most likely to result in a matrilineal-matrilocal society?

In agricultural societies, women typically are the primary cultivators.

Gender roles are the instinctual behaviors associated with each sex.

The fact that chimpanzees and other nonhuman primates engage in masturbation and same-sex sexual activity suggests that

Male-female avoidance among the Etoro was linked to beliefs about the cycle of birth, physical growth, maturity, old age, and death.

Which of the following statements concerning gender stratification is true?

What social, political, and economic conditions influence gender stratification and violence against women?

What term refers to the tasks and activities that a culture assigns to the sexes?

What have recent cross-cultural studies of gender roles demonstrated?

In general, the status of women

Gender stratification tends to be extreme in patrilineal-patrilocal societies.

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