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TFauchery

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Tribes of the U.S. Northwest Coast and Tahiti represent a social system in which positions of status are limited, and thus where not everyone of talent may achieve high status or prestige, called a(n)
 
  a. ranked society.
  b. egalitarian society.
  c. nonresidential group.
  d. residential group.
  e. patrilocal society

Question 2

Clusters of residences among the Mikea people in Madagascar reflect
 
  a. matrilineal descent groups, with clusters of families consisting of older women, sisters, and their husbands.
  b. patrilineal descent groups, with clusters of families consisting of older men, brothers, and their wives
  c. a mixture of descent groups, with an equal chance of members belonging to a patrilineage or a matrilineage
  d. status differences, with groups at the north end of a settlement having higher status than those at the south end.
  e. matrilocal residency associated with matrilineal descent groups.



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

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