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Identify and briefly define four of the five marriage forms discussed in the text.
 
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Your text describes at least ten functions met by families at different times in history. List five of them.
 
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Answer to Question 1

monogamy  marriage between two people; pologamy  marriage between three or more people; polygyny  marriage between one man and two or more women; polyandry  marriage between one woman and two or more men; group marriage  two or more men marrying two or more women.

Answer to Question 2

socialize children, transmit property, ensure legitimacy, regulate sexuality, economic units, school, church, hospital, day care center, police station, and retirement home.



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