Exam 11: Marital Residence and Kinship

The North American tradition of giving a child the father's last name __________.

The presence of patrilocal residence pattern can often be predicted in societies that __________.

How are members of a lineage connected?

Explain the differences between a lineage and a clan, and give examples of societies that use each descent system.

Which of the following characterizes the Kapauku Papuans?

Among foraging societies, what factor favors a bilocal residence pattern?

While there are many different possible combinations of unilineal descent groups, which two types of groups must go together?

In a bilateral system, your __________ shares your exact kin group.

Compare and contrast matrilocal and patrilocal residence, giving specific examples where appropriate.

Whether the couple lives with the husband's or wife's kin can have important consequences for the __________.

Depopulation is likely to change a(n) __________ system into a(n) __________ one.

Unilineal descent groups, such as clans and moieties, appear to perform which important social function?

In general, the incest taboo in unilineal societies is __________.

Imagine how your life might be different if unilocal-rather than neolocal-were the rule in North American society. What social trends are generally associated with these residence patterns?

Among the Chuukese, who have a matrilineal system, a mother may receive aid from whom when disciplining her adolescent child?

Societies with __________ descent have two rules of descent, each traced through links of one sex only, operating at the same time.

The term "totem" refers to __________.

Why is an ambilineal society not divided into separate kin groups, as in unilineal systems?

In societies that practice matrilineal descent, a man belongs to the same descent group as his __________.

Marital residence largely predicts the __________.