Among Horticulturalists with Matrilineal Descent and Matrilocality

question 15

Multiple Choice

Among horticulturalists with matrilineal descent and matrilocality,

• A) women tend to have high status, but only within the domestic sphere.
• B) gender and sex become indistinguishable.
• C) female status tends to be high.
• D) women rarely inherit any property and are therefore at a disadvantage in comparison to their brothers.
• E) women leaders are only symbolic, because men tend to have true decision-making power.

Understand the economic and technological advancements in the 1990s and their impacts.

Comprehend the influence and outcomes of political elections and decisions in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

Recognize the role of terrorism and the U.S. response in shaping both domestic and international policies.

Analyze the reasons behind U.S. diplomatic recognitions and military interventions in foreign countries.

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Definitions:

Interlocking Directorate

Organizational linkages created when the same people sit on the boards of directors of a number of different corporations.

Power Elite Perspective

A view that a small group of people, drawn from the political, corporate, and military sectors, holds the majority of power within a society.

Social Structure

The organized pattern of social relationships and social institutions that together constitute society.

Racial-Ethnic Minority

A group of people who have different racial or ethnic characteristics from the majority population in a society.