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What are the primary benefits of cross-cousin marriage?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Compare and contrast rules of endogamy and exogamy.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

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Benefits are to strengthen and maintain the ties between kin groups established by marriages in the past generation.

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
Both are marriage prescriptions. Endogamy is a rule that requires marriage within a certain group; exogamy is a rule requires marriage outside of a certain group.



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