3. Kinship and Family
Marriage Patterns — Quiz
Test your understanding of marriage patterns with 5 practice questions.
Practice Questions
Question 1
Which marriage rule requires individuals to marry someone from a different moiety within a society?
Question 2
Which term describes a marital system in which multiple husbands and wives form a single marital group simultaneously?
Question 3
What is the anthropological term for marriage between close blood relatives, such as first or second cousins?
Question 4
Cross-cultural studies report that polygyny is most prevalent in societies with subsistence based on which strategy?
Question 5
Cross-cultural analysis indicates that bridewealth transfers are most characteristic of societies organized by which kinship principle?