Question 1

Which of the following options indicates the most common descent principle and kin grouping found in industrial societies such as Canada?

Accepted Answer

A)  unilineal kinship,the clan 
B)  bilateral kinship,the kindred 
C)  ambilineal kinship,the lineage 
D)  double kinship,the moiety 
A)  unilineal kinship,the clan 
B)  bilateral kinship,the kindred 
C)  ambilineal kinship,the lineage 
D)  double kinship,the moiety

Question 2

Britain's oldest traceable relative is a 9,000-year-old skeleton called Cheddar man.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Compare and contrast the form and function of some of the prehistoric housing structures discussed by Liam Kilmurray in his original study.

Accepted Answer

In his original study, Liam Kilmurray di

Question 4

The Mbuti pygmies orient their houses symbolically.Which statement best describes this practice?

Accepted Answer

A)  They orient them to face their relatives and friends and avoid others. 
B)  They orient their houses toward the east to greet the daily sunrise. 
C)  They orient their houses facing north to honour the evening north star. 
D)  They orient their houses facing west to bid the daylight goodbye as the sun sets. 
A)  They orient them to face their relatives and friends and avoid others. 
B)  They orient their houses toward the east to greet the daily sunrise. 
C)  They orient their houses facing north to honour the evening north star. 
D)  They orient their houses facing west to bid the daylight goodbye as the sun sets.

Question 5

Who are your parallel cousins?

Accepted Answer

A)  all children of the brothers and sisters of your mother and father 
B)  your father's brother's children and your mother's sister's children 
C)  your father's sister's children and your mother's brother's children 
D)  your father's brother's sons but not your father's brother's daughters 
A)  all children of the brothers and sisters of your mother and father 
B)  your father's brother's children and your mother's sister's children 
C)  your father's sister's children and your mother's brother's children 
D)  your father's brother's sons but not your father's brother's daughters

Question 6

If you and your cousin are the offspring of two brothers,you two are cross cousins.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Because they may have members living in many different villages,what do clans depend on to provide symbolic identification and promote solidarity?

Accepted Answer

A)  totems 
B)  signs 
C)  promises 
D)  frequent feasts 
A)  totems 
B)  signs 
C)  promises 
D)  frequent feasts

Question 8

What was some of the early research conducted by Harald Prins on behalf of the Micmacs instrumental in allowing them to do?

Accepted Answer

A)  re-establish their lobster fishing rights off the east coast 
B)  obtain reparations for having their land base taken by the U.S.military in the 1940s 
C)  open a gambling casino on their tribal lands under federal law 
D)  gain tribal recognition and a land base 
A)  re-establish their lobster fishing rights off the east coast 
B)  obtain reparations for having their land base taken by the U.S.military in the 1940s 
C)  open a gambling casino on their tribal lands under federal law 
D)  gain tribal recognition and a land base

Question 9

Cheddar man was traced to a 42-year-old history teacher who now knows about his 9,000-year-old ancestor.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which form of descent is the Hawaiian system of kinship terminology is usually associated with?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

You are a male member of a patrilineal descent group.Which of the following is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  Descent is traced exclusively through your mother's male ancestors. 
B)  Your sisters belong to the same patrilineal descent group as you do. 
C)  You probably live in a South Asian horticultural society. 
D)  Your brothers belong to the same descent group as you;your sisters do not. 
A)  Descent is traced exclusively through your mother's male ancestors. 
B)  Your sisters belong to the same patrilineal descent group as you do. 
C)  You probably live in a South Asian horticultural society. 
D)  Your brothers belong to the same descent group as you;your sisters do not.

Question 12

One of the first European housing complexes found in France is 380,000 years old.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Which of the following options indicates the most common descent principle and kin grouping found in industrial societies such as Canada?

Britain's oldest traceable relative is a 9,000-year-old skeleton called Cheddar man.

Compare and contrast the form and function of some of the prehistoric housing structures discussed by Liam Kilmurray in his original study.

The Mbuti pygmies orient their houses symbolically.Which statement best describes this practice?

Who are your parallel cousins?

If you and your cousin are the offspring of two brothers,you two are cross cousins.

Because they may have members living in many different villages,what do clans depend on to provide symbolic identification and promote solidarity?

What was some of the early research conducted by Harald Prins on behalf of the Micmacs instrumental in allowing them to do?

Cheddar man was traced to a 42-year-old history teacher who now knows about his 9,000-year-old ancestor.

Which form of descent is the Hawaiian system of kinship terminology is usually associated with?

You are a male member of a patrilineal descent group.Which of the following is correct?

One of the first European housing complexes found in France is 380,000 years old.

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Exam 9: Kinship and Descent

Which of the following options indicates the most common descent principle and kin grouping found in industrial societies such as Canada?

Britain's oldest traceable relative is a 9,000-year-old skeleton called Cheddar man.

Compare and contrast the form and function of some of the prehistoric housing structures discussed by Liam Kilmurray in his original study.

The Mbuti pygmies orient their houses symbolically.Which statement best describes this practice?

Who are your parallel cousins?

If you and your cousin are the offspring of two brothers,you two are cross cousins.

Because they may have members living in many different villages,what do clans depend on to provide symbolic identification and promote solidarity?

What was some of the early research conducted by Harald Prins on behalf of the Micmacs instrumental in allowing them to do?

Cheddar man was traced to a 42-year-old history teacher who now knows about his 9,000-year-old ancestor.

Which form of descent is the Hawaiian system of kinship terminology is usually associated with?

You are a male member of a patrilineal descent group.Which of the following is correct?

One of the first European housing complexes found in France is 380,000 years old.

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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