Question 1

Which sort of kinship network do neighbours and friends whom you consider to be "family" belong to?

Accepted Answer

A)  lineal 
B)  fictive 
C)  proximal 
D)  mutual 
A)  lineal 
B)  fictive 
C)  proximal 
D)  mutual

Question 2

Suppose that two people are given the same kinship term,(e.g. ,cousin).What does this mean?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are genetically related. 
B)  They have the same gender. 
C)  They call each other by the same kinship term. 
D)  They occupy and share a similar status. 
A)  They are genetically related. 
B)  They have the same gender. 
C)  They call each other by the same kinship term. 
D)  They occupy and share a similar status.

Question 3

Anglo-Canadians assume that they are related equally to the relatives on both the mother's and father's side.What is the term for this type of descent group?

Accepted Answer

A)  ambilineal 
B)  double 
C)  bilateral 
D)  patrilineal 
A)  ambilineal 
B)  double 
C)  bilateral 
D)  patrilineal

Question 4

Which people did a typical Iroquois longhouse include?

Accepted Answer

A)  a group of wives with their husbands and children 
B)  an elder woman,her husband,their daughters,their sons-in-law,their daughters' children,and their unmarried sons 
C)  a senior woman,her brother,her brother's wife and children,and her sister's husband and children 
D)  an elder woman,all of her daughters,and all of her granddaughters 
A)  a group of wives with their husbands and children 
B)  an elder woman,her husband,their daughters,their sons-in-law,their daughters' children,and their unmarried sons 
C)  a senior woman,her brother,her brother's wife and children,and her sister's husband and children 
D)  an elder woman,all of her daughters,and all of her granddaughters

Question 5

In his original study,Liam Kilmurray writes about different aspects of the household.Which of the following best defines the symbolic order and idea of the domus,or house?

Accepted Answer

A)  any sturdy structure that people live in 
B)  a nurturing place that excludes,controls,and dominates the wild or the outside 
C)  a nurturing place that includes and mediates the wild or outside 
D)  a structure for rest,eating,and raising children 
A)  any sturdy structure that people live in 
B)  a nurturing place that excludes,controls,and dominates the wild or the outside 
C)  a nurturing place that includes and mediates the wild or outside 
D)  a structure for rest,eating,and raising children

Question 6

Kindreds are frequently found in foraging societies and in industrial societies such as Canada.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

How many kinship terminology systems have anthropologists documented?

Accepted Answer

A)  four 
B)  five 
C)  six 
D)  ten 
A)  four 
B)  five 
C)  six 
D)  ten

Question 8

Unlike descent groups,kindreds are self-perpetuating and extend beyond the death of ego.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The use of mitochondrial DNA helped unlock the mystery of Cheddar man.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The kinship system of Anglo-Canadians is the most descriptive and precise of any of the world's kinship systems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

If you and your cousin are the offspring of two sisters,you two are parallel cousins.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The term kinship refers to our consanguineal relatives but not our affinal relatives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Our blood relatives are referred to as consanguineal.Which term refers to our relatives through marriage?

Accepted Answer

A)  distant 
B)  nominal 
C)  extended 
D)  affinal 
A)  distant 
B)  nominal 
C)  extended 
D)  affinal

Question 14

Scientists were able to trace Cheddar man without the use of DNA technology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which people's matrilineal kinship system is the equivalent of the Omaha patrilineal kinship system?

Accepted Answer

A)  Iroquois 
B)  Crow 
C)  Sudanese 
D)  Eskimo 
A)  Iroquois 
B)  Crow 
C)  Sudanese 
D)  Eskimo

Question 16

A lineage is a corporate descent group.Which statement about its members is most accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are capable of acting as a single body. 
B)  They claim descent from a mythical ancestor. 
C)  They often do not know how they are related to their ancestors. 
D)  They derive only spiritual benefits from their group. 
A)  They are capable of acting as a single body. 
B)  They claim descent from a mythical ancestor. 
C)  They often do not know how they are related to their ancestors. 
D)  They derive only spiritual benefits from their group.

Question 17

An anthropologist discovers that an informant who is describing her society's kinship terminology uses the same term,"Bapa," to refer to both her father and her father's brother.What does this indicate?

Accepted Answer

A)  The informant is being deceptive. 
B)  The informant is unclear as to who her real biological father is. 
C)  All "Bapas" share a common status and play the same roles in relation to ego. 
D)  The informant is poorly informed. 
A)  The informant is being deceptive. 
B)  The informant is unclear as to who her real biological father is. 
C)  All "Bapas" share a common status and play the same roles in relation to ego. 
D)  The informant is poorly informed.

Question 18

The Anthropologist's World article on "Genetic Anthropology and the Descent of the Cheddar Man" combines genealogy and genetic science.What have these techniques allowed anthropologists to reveal?

Accepted Answer

A)  a human descent line extending 50,000 years back in time 
B)  a human descent line extending 9,000 years back in time 
C)  that descent can only be traced to a maximum of 5,000 years 
D)  that descent can only be traced to a maximum of 1,500 years 
A)  a human descent line extending 50,000 years back in time 
B)  a human descent line extending 9,000 years back in time 
C)  that descent can only be traced to a maximum of 5,000 years 
D)  that descent can only be traced to a maximum of 1,500 years

Question 19

Of all the descent groups that exist in non-Western societies,which type of descent group is the most common?

Accepted Answer

A)  bilateral 
B)  matrilineal 
C)  ambilineal 
D)  unilineal 
A)  bilateral 
B)  matrilineal 
C)  ambilineal 
D)  unilineal

Question 20

In modern Western societies,women are more likely to be kinkeepers.What does this mean?

Accepted Answer

A)  They usually are younger women. 
B)  They almost always become secondary caregivers for elderly kin. 
C)  They are required to maintain close ties and facilitate kin connections. 
D)  They offer emotional support to kin in crisis. 
A)  They usually are younger women. 
B)  They almost always become secondary caregivers for elderly kin. 
C)  They are required to maintain close ties and facilitate kin connections. 
D)  They offer emotional support to kin in crisis.

Which sort of kinship network do neighbours and friends whom you consider to be "family" belong to?

Suppose that two people are given the same kinship term,(e.g. ,cousin).What does this mean?

Anglo-Canadians assume that they are related equally to the relatives on both the mother's and father's side.What is the term for this type of descent group?

Which people did a typical Iroquois longhouse include?

In his original study,Liam Kilmurray writes about different aspects of the household.Which of the following best defines the symbolic order and idea of the domus,or house?

Kindreds are frequently found in foraging societies and in industrial societies such as Canada.

How many kinship terminology systems have anthropologists documented?

Unlike descent groups,kindreds are self-perpetuating and extend beyond the death of ego.

The use of mitochondrial DNA helped unlock the mystery of Cheddar man.

The kinship system of Anglo-Canadians is the most descriptive and precise of any of the world's kinship systems.

If you and your cousin are the offspring of two sisters,you two are parallel cousins.

The term kinship refers to our consanguineal relatives but not our affinal relatives.

Our blood relatives are referred to as consanguineal.Which term refers to our relatives through marriage?

Scientists were able to trace Cheddar man without the use of DNA technology.

Which people's matrilineal kinship system is the equivalent of the Omaha patrilineal kinship system?

A lineage is a corporate descent group.Which statement about its members is most accurate?

An anthropologist discovers that an informant who is describing her society's kinship terminology uses the same term,"Bapa," to refer to both her father and her father's brother.What does this indicate?

The Anthropologist's World article on "Genetic Anthropology and the Descent of the Cheddar Man" combines genealogy and genetic science.What have these techniques allowed anthropologists to reveal?

Of all the descent groups that exist in non-Western societies,which type of descent group is the most common?

In modern Western societies,women are more likely to be kinkeepers.What does this mean?

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Exam 9: Kinship and Descent

Which sort of kinship network do neighbours and friends whom you consider to be "family" belong to?

Suppose that two people are given the same kinship term,(e.g. ,cousin).What does this mean?

Anglo-Canadians assume that they are related equally to the relatives on both the mother's and father's side.What is the term for this type of descent group?

Which people did a typical Iroquois longhouse include?

In his original study,Liam Kilmurray writes about different aspects of the household.Which of the following best defines the symbolic order and idea of the domus,or house?

Kindreds are frequently found in foraging societies and in industrial societies such as Canada.

How many kinship terminology systems have anthropologists documented?

Unlike descent groups,kindreds are self-perpetuating and extend beyond the death of ego.

The use of mitochondrial DNA helped unlock the mystery of Cheddar man.

The kinship system of Anglo-Canadians is the most descriptive and precise of any of the world's kinship systems.

If you and your cousin are the offspring of two sisters,you two are parallel cousins.

The term kinship refers to our consanguineal relatives but not our affinal relatives.

Our blood relatives are referred to as consanguineal.Which term refers to our relatives through marriage?

Scientists were able to trace Cheddar man without the use of DNA technology.

Which people's matrilineal kinship system is the equivalent of the Omaha patrilineal kinship system?

A lineage is a corporate descent group.Which statement about its members is most accurate?

An anthropologist discovers that an informant who is describing her society's kinship terminology uses the same term,"Bapa," to refer to both her father and her father's brother.What does this indicate?

The Anthropologist's World article on "Genetic Anthropology and the Descent of the Cheddar Man" combines genealogy and genetic science.What have these techniques allowed anthropologists to reveal?

Of all the descent groups that exist in non-Western societies,which type of descent group is the most common?

In modern Western societies,women are more likely to be kinkeepers.What does this mean?

The Nature of Anthropology

The Nature of Culture

The Beginnings of Human Culture

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Economic Systems

Sex and Marriage

Family and Household

Social Stratification and Groupings

Political Organization and the Maintenance of Order

Religion and the Supernatural

The Arts

Anthropology at Work

Cultural Change and the Future of Humanity

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