Question 1

All kin is founded on biological connections.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

In a patrilineal descent group,which of the following does not belong to the same group?

Accepted Answer

A)  a man's sons 
B)  a man's daughters 
C)  a man's wife 
D)  a man's father 
E)  a man's sister 
A)  a man's sons 
B)  a man's daughters 
C)  a man's wife 
D)  a man's father 
E)  a man's sister

Question 3

Unilineal descent systems with moieties:

Accepted Answer

A)  always have clans. 
B)  always have lineages. 
C)  always have phratries. 
D)  always have bilateral descent. 
E)  may or may not have phratries, clans, and lineages. 
A)  always have clans. 
B)  always have lineages. 
C)  always have phratries. 
D)  always have bilateral descent. 
E)  may or may not have phratries, clans, and lineages.

Question 4

Which of the following is not a recognized kinship system?

Accepted Answer

A)  Crow 
B)  Omaha 
C)  Sudanese 
D)  Iroquois 
E)  Navajo 
A)  Crow 
B)  Omaha 
C)  Sudanese 
D)  Iroquois 
E)  Navajo

Question 5

The single most important relationship in a kinship system is the consanguinal (blood)relationship.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Everyone involved sees the commercialization of making babies as a positive step toward creating families.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

A kinship diagram of EGO and all of her children and her cousins would include:

Accepted Answer

A)  the lineal relatives which belong to a clan. 
B)  collateral relatives. 
C)  a lineage. 
D)  lineal relatives. 
E)  vertical relatives. 
A)  the lineal relatives which belong to a clan. 
B)  collateral relatives. 
C)  a lineage. 
D)  lineal relatives. 
E)  vertical relatives.

Question 8

In matrilineal descent systems:

Accepted Answer

A)  women have greater power and authority than men. 
B)  men control the inheritance and determine the matriline of their children. 
C)  property and political office pass from one man to another, but through women. 
D)  women and men have similar power and authority. 
E)  women control property and political office. 
A)  women have greater power and authority than men. 
B)  men control the inheritance and determine the matriline of their children. 
C)  property and political office pass from one man to another, but through women. 
D)  women and men have similar power and authority. 
E)  women control property and political office.

Question 9

What are the criteria on which principles of kinship classification are based? Are these integral to all known kinship systems?

Accepted Answer

The principles of kinship classification

Question 10

Your father's sister's children and your mother's brother's children are your:

Accepted Answer

A)  parallel cousins. 
B)  patrilineal kin. 
C)  cross cousins. 
D)  matrilineal kin. 
E)  vertical kin. 
A)  parallel cousins. 
B)  patrilineal kin. 
C)  cross cousins. 
D)  matrilineal kin. 
E)  vertical kin.

Question 11

Ancestry is traced,step-by-step,back to a common founder in:

Accepted Answer

A)  clans. 
B)  matrilineages only. 
C)  patrilineages only. 
D)  lineages. 
E)  phratries. 
A)  clans. 
B)  matrilineages only. 
C)  patrilineages only. 
D)  lineages. 
E)  phratries.

Question 12

In all societies,biology is more important than culture to the definition of kinship.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In unilineal descent groups,property is usually regulated by individuals and not by the kinship group itself.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which statement about Finkelstein's study of homeless youth is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  There are about 50,000 run away youth in the U.S. every year. 
B)  Most of the youth in this study were from wealthy homes. 
C)  Homeless youth tend to find a city they like and then stay there. 
D)  Homeless youth have extensive networks of friends who substitute for family. 
E)  All homeless youth were teenagers who had dropped out of school because of low grades. 
A)  There are about 50,000 run away youth in the U.S. every year. 
B)  Most of the youth in this study were from wealthy homes. 
C)  Homeless youth tend to find a city they like and then stay there. 
D)  Homeless youth have extensive networks of friends who substitute for family. 
E)  All homeless youth were teenagers who had dropped out of school because of low grades.

Question 15

Patrilineal descent groups:

Accepted Answer

A)  are the most common of the unilineal descent groups. 
B)  are found only in North and South America. 
C)  trace descent through lines of females; for example, the mother, mother's mother, sister's daughter, and so on. 
D)  are ones in which a woman's children are members of her descent group. 
E)  are ones in which a woman's female children are members of her descent group, while her male children are always allied with their father. 
A)  are the most common of the unilineal descent groups. 
B)  are found only in North and South America. 
C)  trace descent through lines of females; for example, the mother, mother's mother, sister's daughter, and so on. 
D)  are ones in which a woman's children are members of her descent group. 
E)  are ones in which a woman's female children are members of her descent group, while her male children are always allied with their father.

Question 16

Describe and discuss the most common rules of descent.

Accepted Answer

The most common rules of descent are the

Question 17

The most important factor contributing to social structure in small-scale societies is:

Accepted Answer

A)  political activities. 
B)  religious activities. 
C)  kinship. 
D)  cultural mythology. 
E)  gender. 
A)  political activities. 
B)  religious activities. 
C)  kinship. 
D)  cultural mythology. 
E)  gender.

Question 18

In all human societies,kinship is tied to the biological relationships created by human reproduction.However:

Accepted Answer

A)  how different societies sort and categorize kinship relationships is as much a matter of culture as it is of biology. 
B)  bilateral descent systems are less influenced by culture than others. 
C)  unilineal descent systems are seldom influenced by cultural definitions of social relationships. 
D)  ambilateral descent systems are the least influenced by culture than others. 
E)  how different societies classify kin is a direct interpretation and representation of biology and biological relationships. 
A)  how different societies sort and categorize kinship relationships is as much a matter of culture as it is of biology. 
B)  bilateral descent systems are less influenced by culture than others. 
C)  unilineal descent systems are seldom influenced by cultural definitions of social relationships. 
D)  ambilateral descent systems are the least influenced by culture than others. 
E)  how different societies classify kin is a direct interpretation and representation of biology and biological relationships.

Question 19

A kinship diagram of a married couple,their children,and their children's children includes:

Accepted Answer

A)  four generations; therefore four rows of kinship figures. 
B)  three generations; therefore three rows of kinship figures. 
C)  only affinal relatives. 
D)  only consanguineal relatives. 
E)  only vertical lines of kinship. 
A)  four generations; therefore four rows of kinship figures. 
B)  three generations; therefore three rows of kinship figures. 
C)  only affinal relatives. 
D)  only consanguineal relatives. 
E)  only vertical lines of kinship.

Question 20

In her study of poor mothers in northeast Brazil,Nancy Scheper-Hughes found that women were relieved when all of their children had died.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

All kin is founded on biological connections.

In a patrilineal descent group,which of the following does not belong to the same group?

Unilineal descent systems with moieties:

Which of the following is not a recognized kinship system?

The single most important relationship in a kinship system is the consanguinal (blood)relationship.

Everyone involved sees the commercialization of making babies as a positive step toward creating families.

A kinship diagram of EGO and all of her children and her cousins would include:

In matrilineal descent systems:

What are the criteria on which principles of kinship classification are based? Are these integral to all known kinship systems?

Your father's sister's children and your mother's brother's children are your:

Ancestry is traced,step-by-step,back to a common founder in:

In all societies,biology is more important than culture to the definition of kinship.

In unilineal descent groups,property is usually regulated by individuals and not by the kinship group itself.

Which statement about Finkelstein's study of homeless youth is true?

Patrilineal descent groups:

Describe and discuss the most common rules of descent.

The most important factor contributing to social structure in small-scale societies is:

In all human societies,kinship is tied to the biological relationships created by human reproduction.However:

A kinship diagram of a married couple,their children,and their children's children includes:

In her study of poor mothers in northeast Brazil,Nancy Scheper-Hughes found that women were relieved when all of their children had died.

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Exam 10: Kinship and Descent

All kin is founded on biological connections.

In a patrilineal descent group,which of the following does not belong to the same group?

Unilineal descent systems with moieties:

Which of the following is not a recognized kinship system?

The single most important relationship in a kinship system is the consanguinal (blood)relationship.

Everyone involved sees the commercialization of making babies as a positive step toward creating families.

A kinship diagram of EGO and all of her children and her cousins would include:

In matrilineal descent systems:

What are the criteria on which principles of kinship classification are based? Are these integral to all known kinship systems?

Your father's sister's children and your mother's brother's children are your:

Ancestry is traced,step-by-step,back to a common founder in:

In all societies,biology is more important than culture to the definition of kinship.

In unilineal descent groups,property is usually regulated by individuals and not by the kinship group itself.

Which statement about Finkelstein's study of homeless youth is true?

Patrilineal descent groups:

Describe and discuss the most common rules of descent.

The most important factor contributing to social structure in small-scale societies is:

In all human societies,kinship is tied to the biological relationships created by human reproduction.However:

A kinship diagram of a married couple,their children,and their children's children includes:

In her study of poor mothers in northeast Brazil,Nancy Scheper-Hughes found that women were relieved when all of their children had died.

What is Anthropology?

The Concept of Culture

Applied Anthropology

The Growth of Anthropological Theory

Methods in Cultural Anthropology

Language and Communication

Subsistence Patterns

Economics

Marriage and the Family

Sex and Gender

Social Stratification

Political Organization and Social Control

Supernatural Beliefs

Art

The Modern World Order, Global Challenges, and the Role of Applied Anthropology

Filters