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olgavictoria

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Assume you were visiting a society in which people traced family ties only through women. This society would correctly be called ________
 
  a. patrilocal.
  b. matrilineal.
  c. matrilocal.
  d. polygynous.

Question 2

The concept of patrilocality refers to ________
 
  a. rule of men over women.
  b. a residential pattern by which a married couple lives near the husband's family.
  c. a system of tracing descent through males.
  d. a family composed of only males.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: b

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b



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