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Wadzanai

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Members of a moiety:
 
  a. belong to one of two major descent groups in a society.
  b. are those who are divorced (they lack their better half).
  c. are usually able to trace their exact genealogical links to their common ancestor.
  d. feel a much stronger feeling of kinship than is felt by members of a lineage or clan.
  e. belong to a group that is smaller than a lineage.

Question 2

A phratry is a unilineal descent group composed of two or more _____ that believe they are related to each other.
 
  a. moieties
  b. totems
  c. kindred
  d. lineages
  e. clans



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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: a

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: e



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