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stephzh

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What is the term for a marriage between a woman and her dead husband's brother or another relative?
 
  a. The levirate
  b. The sororate
  c. Fraternal polyandry
  d. Primogeniture

Question 2

Traditionally, the Yanomamo of South America
 
  a. formed marriage alliances for trading purposes with non-Yanomamo peoples living at their borders.
  b. formed marriage alliances with other villages for political purposes.
  c. were endogamous and therefore made no marriage alliances outside their group.
  d. viewed individuals outside their kin groups as enemies and therefore not suitable for marriage.


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Jayson

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

a

Answer to Question 2

b


stephzh

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Reply 2 on: Jul 10, 2018
Excellent

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