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What purpose do woman-woman marriages serve in Nuer society?
 
  a. They recognize homosexual couples.
  b. They make it possible for women to form economic units without men.
  c. They allow a woman to act as a husband so that a lineage without an heir can produce one.
  d. They allow for the creation of female lineages.

Question 2

In contemporary societies, state governments organize networks of redistribution by __________.
 
  a. collecting taxes
  b. organizing potlatches
  c. accepting donations
  d. trade


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ciecieme

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

a


ts19998

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Reply 2 on: Jul 10, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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