Potential Short Answer Questions for

Test #3 for ANTH 101: Introduction to Anthropology

Professor Brad R. Huber

Revised Monday, October 27, 2008

Instructions You'll be asked to answer one (1) of the following four (4) Short Answer Questions on Test #3. Only one (1) will appear on the test. It will be worth 10 points on a 100 point test.

1. How do reciprocity, redistribution, and market exchange work? What is the difference between balanced, generalized, and negative reciprocity?

2. What is the incest taboo? What explanations have been proposed by anthropologists to explain the incest taboo? Is there a explanation of the incest taboo that all anthropologists have agreed is a good one?

3. Why is warfare generally found in food-producing societies rather than among food foragers?

4. In the U.S., what is the relationship between "likelihood of divorce" and the following:

a) age at time of marriage?

b) industrialization?

c) income level?