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kellyjaisingh

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Although lay people refer to plural marriage as polygamy in the United States, when a man can have more than one spouse it is called:
 
  A) polyandry.
  B) polygyny.
  C) polygandry.
  D) polysororate.
  E) plurality.

Question 2

A society in which the wife's sister replaces her as wife if she dies in her marriage is practicing the custom of:
 
  A) levirate.
  B) sororate.
  C) bilaterate.
  D) matrilineality.
  E) sororal polyandry.


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IRincones

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

B

Answer to Question 2

B


kellyjaisingh

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

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