Question 1

The Dutch people allow honor killings in order to respect minority cultures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

The Hawaiian form of kinship is the least complex.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

The Eskimo kinship system produces a designation of parallel and cross cousins.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

A totem is all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A) a word that comes from the Ojibwa American Indian word which means "he is a relative of mine." 
B) a symbol of animals,plants,natural forces,and objects. 
C) usually associated with a clan's concept of its mythical origins. 
D) found in our own society in the names we give to baseball and football teams. 
E) found in all societies that have lineages. 
A) a word that comes from the Ojibwa American Indian word which means "he is a relative of mine." 
B) a symbol of animals,plants,natural forces,and objects. 
C) usually associated with a clan's concept of its mythical origins. 
D) found in our own society in the names we give to baseball and football teams. 
E) found in all societies that have lineages.

Question 5

Among the Yako of Nigeria,an individual might inherit grazing lands from his father's patrilineal group,and livestock and ritual knowledge from his mother's matrilineal group.This is an example of which kind of descent?

Accepted Answer

A) Ambilineal 
B) Bilocal 
C) Patrilateral 
D) Matrilineal 
E) Double 
A) Ambilineal 
B) Bilocal 
C) Patrilateral 
D) Matrilineal 
E) Double

Question 6

The Hawaiian system of kinship terminology is usually associated with what type of descent?

Accepted Answer

A) Patrilineal 
B) Matrilineal 
C) Unilineal 
D) Avunculineal 
E) Ambilineal 
A) Patrilineal 
B) Matrilineal 
C) Unilineal 
D) Avunculineal 
E) Ambilineal

Question 7

The splitting of a descent group into two or more entities is called:

Accepted Answer

A) fusion. 
B) fraction. 
C) fission. 
D) code switching. 
E) delineation. 
A) fusion. 
B) fraction. 
C) fission. 
D) code switching. 
E) delineation.

Question 8

You belong to a patrilineal descent group.Which of the following belong(s)to the same group?

Accepted Answer

A) Your mother 
B) Your father's sister 
C) Your mother's sister 
D) Your mother's father 
E) Your father's sister's children 
A) Your mother 
B) Your father's sister 
C) Your mother's sister 
D) Your mother's father 
E) Your father's sister's children

Question 9

Members of a moiety:

Accepted Answer

A) belong to one of two major descent groups in a society. 
B) are those who are divorced (they lack their "better half"). 
C) are usually able to trace their exact genealogical links to their common ancestor. 
D) feel a much stronger feeling of kinship than is felt by members of a lineage or clan. 
E) belong to a group that is smaller than a lineage. 
A) belong to one of two major descent groups in a society. 
B) are those who are divorced (they lack their "better half"). 
C) are usually able to trace their exact genealogical links to their common ancestor. 
D) feel a much stronger feeling of kinship than is felt by members of a lineage or clan. 
E) belong to a group that is smaller than a lineage.

Question 10

Descent groups are associated with all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A) they provide social security for the elderly members. 
B) they promote harmony through worship of ancestors. 
C) they play a role in arranging marriages for members. 
D) they make all laws for the state. 
E) they are economic units providing aid. 
A) they provide social security for the elderly members. 
B) they promote harmony through worship of ancestors. 
C) they play a role in arranging marriages for members. 
D) they make all laws for the state. 
E) they are economic units providing aid.

Question 11

What was the primary purpose of advocacy anthropology among the Micmac?

Accepted Answer

A) To help the Micmac find jobs and get off welfare 
B) To help with community relations after a series of honor killings 
C) To help improve health conditions among the people 
D) To help them expand their land-holdings for resource exploitation 
E) To help them obtain official tribal recognition 
A) To help the Micmac find jobs and get off welfare 
B) To help with community relations after a series of honor killings 
C) To help improve health conditions among the people 
D) To help them expand their land-holdings for resource exploitation 
E) To help them obtain official tribal recognition

Question 12

Matrilineal descent groups are associated with farming societies in which perform most of the labor in the house and gardens.

Accepted Answer

A) men 
B) women 
C) womens' brothers 
D) children 
E) hired workers 
A) men 
B) women 
C) womens' brothers 
D) children 
E) hired workers

Question 13

All of the following are types of descent except:

Accepted Answer

A) moiety. 
B) phratry. 
C) lineage. 
D) clan. 
E) institution. 
A) moiety. 
B) phratry. 
C) lineage. 
D) clan. 
E) institution.

Question 14

In ambilineal descent,the individual may be affiliated with either the mother's or father's lines.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The Turkish honor killings that van Eck studied were occurring in which country?

Accepted Answer

A) Denmark 
B) Sweden 
C) France 
D) Netherlands 
E) Canada 
A) Denmark 
B) Sweden 
C) France 
D) Netherlands 
E) Canada

Question 16

In kinship terminology,the term "brother" is given to ego's brother,father's brother's son,and mother's sister's song; a different term is used for the sons of father's sister and mother's brother."Mother" refers to ego's mother and mother's sister; "father" refers to ego's father and father's brother.Separate terms are used for mother's brother and father's sister.

Accepted Answer

A) Eskimo 
B) Hawaiian 
C) Iroquois 
D) unilineal descent 
E) kindred 
A) Eskimo 
B) Hawaiian 
C) Iroquois 
D) unilineal descent 
E) kindred

Question 17

Among the Hopi,which of the following functions as a landholding corporation,allocating land for the support of member households?

Accepted Answer

A) Lineages 
B) Phratries 
C) Moieties 
D) Extended families 
E) Clans 
A) Lineages 
B) Phratries 
C) Moieties 
D) Extended families 
E) Clans

Question 18

Anglo-American culture uses Eskimo kinship terminology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Another name for kindred is "the relatives."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The Han in China have a patrilineal descent system that is very much a "man's world."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

The Dutch people allow honor killings in order to respect minority cultures.

The Hawaiian form of kinship is the least complex.

The Eskimo kinship system produces a designation of parallel and cross cousins.

A totem is all of the following except:

Among the Yako of Nigeria,an individual might inherit grazing lands from his father's patrilineal group,and livestock and ritual knowledge from his mother's matrilineal group.This is an example of which kind of descent?

The Hawaiian system of kinship terminology is usually associated with what type of descent?

The splitting of a descent group into two or more entities is called:

You belong to a patrilineal descent group.Which of the following belong(s)to the same group?

Members of a moiety:

Descent groups are associated with all of the following except:

What was the primary purpose of advocacy anthropology among the Micmac?

Matrilineal descent groups are associated with farming societies in which perform most of the labor in the house and gardens.

All of the following are types of descent except:

In ambilineal descent,the individual may be affiliated with either the mother's or father's lines.

The Turkish honor killings that van Eck studied were occurring in which country?

Among the Hopi,which of the following functions as a landholding corporation,allocating land for the support of member households?

Anglo-American culture uses Eskimo kinship terminology.

Another name for kindred is "the relatives."

The Han in China have a patrilineal descent system that is very much a "man's world."

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Exam 10: Kinship-And-Descent

The Dutch people allow honor killings in order to respect minority cultures.

The Hawaiian form of kinship is the least complex.

The Eskimo kinship system produces a designation of parallel and cross cousins.

A totem is all of the following except:

Among the Yako of Nigeria,an individual might inherit grazing lands from his father's patrilineal group,and livestock and ritual knowledge from his mother's matrilineal group.This is an example of which kind of descent?

The Hawaiian system of kinship terminology is usually associated with what type of descent?

The splitting of a descent group into two or more entities is called:

You belong to a patrilineal descent group.Which of the following belong(s)to the same group?

Members of a moiety:

Descent groups are associated with all of the following except:

What was the primary purpose of advocacy anthropology among the Micmac?

Matrilineal descent groups are associated with farming societies in which perform most of the labor in the house and gardens.

All of the following are types of descent except:

In ambilineal descent,the individual may be affiliated with either the mother's or father's lines.

The Turkish honor killings that van Eck studied were occurring in which country?

Among the Hopi,which of the following functions as a landholding corporation,allocating land for the support of member households?

Anglo-American culture uses Eskimo kinship terminology.

Another name for kindred is "the relatives."

The Han in China have a patrilineal descent system that is very much a "man's world."

The-Essence-Of-Anthropology

Characteristics-Of-Culture

Ethnographic Research: Its History, methods, and Theories

Becoming Human: the Origin and Diversity of Our Species

Language-And-Communication

Social Identity, personality, and Gender

Patterns-Of-Subsistence

Economic-Systems

Sex-Marriage-And-Family

Grouping by Gender, age, common Interest, and Class

Politics Power War and Peace

Spirituality, religion, and Shamanism

The-Arts

Processes of Cultural Change

Global Challenges, local Responses, and the Role of Anthropology

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