Exam 22: Marital Residence and Kinship

A __________ is a set or kin whose members believe themselves to be descended from a common ancestor or ancestress, but the links back to that ancestor are not specified.

A clan is a set of kin in which members believe they are descended from a common ancestor. The difficulty in studying clans is

There are rules of descent in anthropology because

In the U.S., for the most part, when we use the term uncle we do not distinguish between father's brother or mother's brother which includes the concept of

Which system of kinship terminology has been called the mirror image of the Omaha system?

With matrilineal descent, a man belongs to the same descent group as his

What is the importance of various rules of descent? Describe all three known rules of descent.

What percentage of societies practice neolocal residence? Where is it commonly practiced? Why is it so rare?

The Kapauku Papuans have all of the following except

If a society is divided into two unilineal descent groups, anthropologists call each group a

In which system of kinship terminology are the terms for father and father's brother the same, mother and mother's sister the same, as well as mother and mother's brother's daughter?

__________ descent affiliates an individual with kin related to him or her through men or women.

In terms of patterns of marital residence, the pattern most often seen in patrilocal residence is

Which of the following is most associated with unilineal descent groups?

The Hawaiian system of kinship terminology is the least complex because

What factor has been discovered by Elman Service to explain bilocal residence?

What is a kindred? How does it relate to bilateral kinship?

In societies with unilineal descent

Contrast the terms "lineage," "clan," "phratry," and "moieties."