__________ systems are set up in such a manner that a legitimate son inherits his father's property and sometimes his position upon the father's death.
a. Patrilineal
b. Patrilocal
c. Patricentric
d. Patriarchal
Question 2Explain the conflict perspective on health by including an analysis on the inequalities in health and health care.
What will be an ideal response?
Question 3After __________, the terms First World, Second World, and Third World were introduced by social scientists.
a. the Civil Warb. the Korean War
c. World War II d. the Vietnam War
Question 4In preindustrial societies, kinship is usually traced through one parent (unilineally). The most common pattern of unilineal descent is __________, which is a system of tracing descent through the father's side of the family.
a. patriarchal descent
b. patrilineal descent
c. patrilocal descent
d. patricentric descent
Question 5With an emphasis on the sick role, explain the functionalist perspective on health.
What will be an ideal response?
Question 6One of the primary problems encountered by social scientists studying __________ stratification and social and economic inequality is with determining what terminology should be used to refer to the distribution of resources in various nations.
a. cosmic b. universal
c. in-group d. global
Question 7__________ is very rare. When it does occur, it is typically found in societies where men greatly outnumber women because of high rates of female infanticide.
a. Polyandry
b. Homogamy
c. Endogamy
d. Polygyny
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