Exam 13: Families, Kinship, and Marriage 

Anthropologist Edmund Leach (1955) observed that, depending on the society, several different kinds of rights are allocated by marriage. According to Leach, marriage can-but doesn't always-accomplish each of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following statements about polyandry is most likely true?

A lobola, a substantial marital gift from the husband and his kin to the wife and her kin, such as among the BaThonga of Mozambique, is

In tribal societies, unlike industrial ones, marriage entails only an agreement between the people getting married; descent groups play only a minor role.

Anthropologists have noted a trend away from arranged marriages and toward romantic love.

Incest is a cultural universal that is defined the same way by all cultures.

Members of a clan say they are descended from a common apical ancestor.

Polyandry is common and practiced under a wide range of conditions.

The higher proportion of expanded family households among poorer Americans has been explained as an adaptation to poverty.

With patrilineal descent, someone takes his or her father's last name but recognizes descent through both parents.

As of 2018, same-sex marriage was legal in most countries.

What are the two basic social units of foraging societies?

Understanding kinship systems is an important part of anthropology because

In North America, the relatively high incidence of expanded family households in the lower class is

Members of a clan do not try to demonstrate specific genealogical links; rather, they just stipulate their common ancestry and descent.

Cross-culturally, divorce is known only in industrialized societies where a high percentage of women are gainfully employed.

Contemporary North American adults usually define their families as consisting of their husbands or wives and their children. In contrast, when middle-class Brazilians talk about their families, they mean their parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and on, down to their children. They rarely mention the spouse. Which of the following is among the reasons for this stark cultural contrast?

What is the most common system of kinship classification used in the United States?

Which term refers to the family in which a child is raised?

In the caste system of India, failure to adhere to class endogamy rules traditionally resulted in a ritually impure union.