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9. Cultural expectations that people marry within a particular group, such as rules emphasizing marriage with someone who is from a similar economic, religious, or ethnic background, is known as                                    . Select one:

39. What is the name for the flawed system of classification, with no biological basis, that uses certain physical characteristics to divide the human population into supposedly discrete groups?

36. The expectations of thought and behavior that each culture assigns to people of different sexes is

31. In David W. McCurdy’s “Family and Kinship in Village India” which of the following is NOT one of the meanings or functions of the bride price (or bride wealth) given by the groom’s father to the parents of the bride in an arranged marriage? Select one:

Woohoo!  You’ve completed the Anth 203 Midterm 2 Exam. 

50.  Where do the remaining food foragers often live today?  

7. Wealth is one of the most significant factors of social stratification in the United States. According to the film, “The House You Live In”, why do White families control eight times as much wealth as non-white families? Select one:

37. A Latinx taxicab driver in New York is often complimented by his riders as “speaking English well.” This is despite the fact that the taxicab driver was born in the U.S. and only speaks English. The taxicab driver is experiencing what?    

Kinship Diagram   52. In the kinship diagram above how many members of ego’s PATRILINE are depicted (including ego)?

33. As described in lecture, the Mexican social program called “Oportunidades” is: