Exam 13: Kinship and Other Forms of Grouping

The untouchable caste in India includes approximately what percentage of the Indian population?​

In various foraging cultures and also contemporary state societies, you would expect to find __________ descent.​

Societies that permit a great deal of mobility are called:​

Under Hawaiian terminology, which individual is not called brother or sister?​

In patrilineal descent, a woman belongs to the descent group of her:​

Which of the following factors affect a person's position in society all over the world (universally)?​

In a society where kinship is important, what are the primary roles of the lineage group?​

Under Iroquois terminology, offspring of parental siblings of the same sex are referred to as:​

Under Iroquois terminology, which individuals are not called mother and father?​

What kinds of problems do societies face that are more effectively resolved by a social organization larger than the family unit?​

With which type of descent is Eskimo terminology most associated?​​

"Age grades" are also referred to by the term "age classes."​

An individual's genetically close relatives on the maternal and paternal side of his or her family is called a _______________.​

The Chinese Han, the dominant ethnic group in the country, practice what form of descent?​

Any kin group whose members share a direct line of descent from a real (historical) or fictional common ancestor is a __________ group.​

Distinguish between a clan and a lineage.​

A common feature of matrilineal descent groups is a weakness in the tie between:​

Define social mobility.?

A phratry is part of a unilineal descent group.​

What is the basic difference between the terms age set and age grade?