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dejastew

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When a society practices fraternal polyandry:
 
  a. Brothers share a wife.
  b. It is the younger brother's responsibility to find a bride for the older brother.
  c. Two sisters are married to two brothers.
  d. They always also practice sororal polygyny.
  e. Women have much more power than men.

Question 2

Polyandry is adapted to a number of different economic and demographic circumstances. Among the Toda of South India, it is an adaptation to the:
 
  a. Shortage of land.
  b. Need for men to be away as soldiers for long periods of time.
  c. Shortage of females, created by female infanticide.
  d. Low birth rate of females as compared with males.
  e. High degree of occupational specialization.



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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

C



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