A Political System Ruled by Men in Which Women Have

question 18

Multiple Choice

A political system ruled by men in which women have inferior status is known as a(an)

• A)matriarchy.
• B)patriarchy.
• C)patrilocality.
• D)patrilineality.
• E)anarchy.

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Definitions:

Plant Hormone

Extracellular signaling molecule of plants; exerts an effect on target cells at very low concentration. E.g., auxin, gibberellin.

Double Fertilization

Fertilization as it occurs in flowering plants; one sperm cell fuses with an egg, and a second sperm cell fuses with the endosperm mother cell.

Zygote

The cell formed by the fusion of two gametes; the earliest stage of embryonic development in sexually reproducing organisms.

Endosperm

A tissue produced inside the seeds of most flowering plants following fertilization, which acts as a food store for the developing embryo.