Question 1

The Dutch people allow honor killings in order to respect minority cultures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Which of the following is not a Maori cultural concept?

Accepted Answer

A) iwi 
B) mauri 
C) waka 
D) namus 
E) tapu 
A) iwi 
B) mauri 
C) waka 
D) namus 
E) tapu D

Question 3

Matrilineal societies are matriarchal-that is,women have the primary authority.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

What was the primary purpose of advocacy anthropology among the Micmac?

Accepted Answer

A) to help the Micmac find jobs and get off welfare 
B) to help with community relations after a series of honor killings 
C) to help improve health conditions among the people 
D) to help them expand their land-holdings for resource exploitation 
E) to help them obtain official tribal recognition 
A) to help the Micmac find jobs and get off welfare 
B) to help with community relations after a series of honor killings 
C) to help improve health conditions among the people 
D) to help them expand their land-holdings for resource exploitation 
E) to help them obtain official tribal recognition

Question 5

Although not true of all matrilineal systems,a common feature is the _______________ of the tie between husband and wife.

Accepted Answer

A) flexibility 
B) tenuousness 
C) strength 
D) weakness 
E) intensity 
A) flexibility 
B) tenuousness 
C) strength 
D) weakness 
E) intensity

Question 6

An important aspect of descent groups is that they _______________.

Accepted Answer

A) are economic units providing mutual aid 
B) provide social security for elderly members 
C) often promote harmony by encouraging worship of the group's ancestors 
D) play a role in arranging appropriate marriage partners 
E) all of the above 
A) are economic units providing mutual aid 
B) provide social security for elderly members 
C) often promote harmony by encouraging worship of the group's ancestors 
D) play a role in arranging appropriate marriage partners 
E) all of the above

Question 7

A(n)_________________________ group that establishes its membership exclusively through the female line.

Accepted Answer

A) kinship 
B) descent 
C) unilineal descent 
D) matrilineal descent 
E) patrilineal descent 
A) kinship 
B) descent 
C) unilineal descent 
D) matrilineal descent 
E) patrilineal descent

Question 8

A lineage is a unilineal kinship descent group where/which are _______________.

Accepted Answer

A) the members of which claim descent from a common chief executive officer 
B) the members of which claim descent from a common ancestor 
C) the members of which know the exact genealogical linkages by which they are related to the common ancestor at least four to six generations before 
D) composed of consanguineal kin 
E) all but a 
A) the members of which claim descent from a common chief executive officer 
B) the members of which claim descent from a common ancestor 
C) the members of which know the exact genealogical linkages by which they are related to the common ancestor at least four to six generations before 
D) composed of consanguineal kin 
E) all but a

Question 9

What were the Maori migration routes based on mitochondrial DNA studies?

Accepted Answer

A) sub-Saharan Africa 
B) northern Egypt 
C) northern Mesopotamia 
D) southeast China 
E) southern England 
A) sub-Saharan Africa 
B) northern Egypt 
C) northern Mesopotamia 
D) southeast China 
E) southern England

Question 10

Matrilineal descent groups are associated with farming societies in which _______________ are the breadwinners.

Accepted Answer

A) men 
B) women 
C) children 
D) outsiders 
E) grandfathers twice removed 
A) men 
B) women 
C) children 
D) outsiders 
E) grandfathers twice removed

Question 11

?What minority population was van Eck studying in the Netherlands?

Accepted Answer

A) Russians 
B) Polish 
C) French 
D) Hispanic immigrants 
E) Turkish immigrants 
A) Russians 
B) Polish 
C) French 
D) Hispanic immigrants 
E) Turkish immigrants

Question 12

Patrilineal descent is sometimes known as agnatic descent.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Members of a moiety _______________.

Accepted Answer

A) belong to one of two major descent groups in a society 
B) are those who are divorced (they lack their "better half") 
C) are usually able to trace their exact genealogical links to their common ancestor 
D) feel a much stronger feeling of kinship than is felt by members of a lineage or clan 
E) belong to a group that is smaller than a lineage 
A) belong to one of two major descent groups in a society 
B) are those who are divorced (they lack their "better half") 
C) are usually able to trace their exact genealogical links to their common ancestor 
D) feel a much stronger feeling of kinship than is felt by members of a lineage or clan 
E) belong to a group that is smaller than a lineage

Question 14

New reproductive technologies are _______________.

Accepted Answer

A) dangerous,as they involve cloning 
B) the preferred form of reproduction in the United States 
C) not accepted in the United States 
D) less important today than 20 years ago 
E) changing the traditional understandings of kinship 
A) dangerous,as they involve cloning 
B) the preferred form of reproduction in the United States 
C) not accepted in the United States 
D) less important today than 20 years ago 
E) changing the traditional understandings of kinship

Question 15

What are honor killings?

Accepted Answer

A) abortion 
B) ethnocide 
C) serial homicide 
D) suicide 
E) ritualized murder 
A) abortion 
B) ethnocide 
C) serial homicide 
D) suicide 
E) ritualized murder

Question 16

The Hawaiian system of kinship terminology is usually associated with _______________ descent.

Accepted Answer

A) patricidal 
B) matrilineal 
C) patrilineal 
D) avunculineal 
E) ambilineal 
A) patricidal 
B) matrilineal 
C) patrilineal 
D) avunculineal 
E) ambilineal

Question 17

Among the Yako of Nigeria,an individual might inherit grazing lands from his father's patrilineal group,and livestock and ritual knowledge from his mother's matrilineal group.This is an example of _______________ descent.

Accepted Answer

A) ambilineal 
B) bilocal 
C) patrilateral 
D) indivisible 
E) double 
A) ambilineal 
B) bilocal 
C) patrilateral 
D) indivisible 
E) double

Question 18

The kin-ordered social structure of the _______________ offers an interesting ethnographic example of a moiety system.

Accepted Answer

A) Hopi 
B) Navajo 
C) Comanche 
D) Crow 
E) Shoshone 
A) Hopi 
B) Navajo 
C) Comanche 
D) Crow 
E) Shoshone

Question 19

a practice of ritual adoption is called god-parenthood is practiced in many parts of Europe and beyond.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which of the following is not a form of descent?

Accepted Answer

A) bilateral 
B) double 
C) ambilineal 
D) endogamy 
E) unilineal 
A) bilateral 
B) double 
C) ambilineal 
D) endogamy 
E) unilineal

The Dutch people allow honor killings in order to respect minority cultures.

Which of the following is not a Maori cultural concept?

Matrilineal societies are matriarchal-that is,women have the primary authority.

What was the primary purpose of advocacy anthropology among the Micmac?

Although not true of all matrilineal systems,a common feature is the _______________ of the tie between husband and wife.

An important aspect of descent groups is that they _______________.

A(n)_________________________ group that establishes its membership exclusively through the female line.

A lineage is a unilineal kinship descent group where/which are _______________.

What were the Maori migration routes based on mitochondrial DNA studies?

Matrilineal descent groups are associated with farming societies in which _______________ are the breadwinners.

?What minority population was van Eck studying in the Netherlands?

Patrilineal descent is sometimes known as agnatic descent.

Members of a moiety _______________.

New reproductive technologies are _______________.

What are honor killings?

The Hawaiian system of kinship terminology is usually associated with _______________ descent.

Among the Yako of Nigeria,an individual might inherit grazing lands from his father's patrilineal group,and livestock and ritual knowledge from his mother's matrilineal group.This is an example of _______________ descent.

The kin-ordered social structure of the _______________ offers an interesting ethnographic example of a moiety system.

a practice of ritual adoption is called god-parenthood is practiced in many parts of Europe and beyond.

Which of the following is not a form of descent?

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Exam 10: Kinship and Descent

The Dutch people allow honor killings in order to respect minority cultures.

Which of the following is not a Maori cultural concept?

Matrilineal societies are matriarchal-that is,women have the primary authority.

What was the primary purpose of advocacy anthropology among the Micmac?

Although not true of all matrilineal systems,a common feature is the _______________ of the tie between husband and wife.

An important aspect of descent groups is that they _______________.

A(n)_________________________ group that establishes its membership exclusively through the female line.

A lineage is a unilineal kinship descent group where/which are _______________.

What were the Maori migration routes based on mitochondrial DNA studies?

Matrilineal descent groups are associated with farming societies in which _______________ are the breadwinners.

?What minority population was van Eck studying in the Netherlands?

Patrilineal descent is sometimes known as agnatic descent.

Members of a moiety _______________.

New reproductive technologies are _______________.

What are honor killings?

The Hawaiian system of kinship terminology is usually associated with _______________ descent.

Among the Yako of Nigeria,an individual might inherit grazing lands from his father's patrilineal group,and livestock and ritual knowledge from his mother's matrilineal group.This is an example of _______________ descent.

The kin-ordered social structure of the _______________ offers an interesting ethnographic example of a moiety system.

a practice of ritual adoption is called god-parenthood is practiced in many parts of Europe and beyond.

Which of the following is not a form of descent?

The Essence of Anthropology

Characteristics of Culture

Ethnographic Research: Its History, methods, and Theories

Becoming Human: the Origin and Diversity of Our Species

Language and Communication

Social Identity, personality, and Gender

Patterns of Subsistence

Economic Systems

Sex, marriage, and Family

Grouping by Gender, age, common Interest, and Class

Politics, power, and Violence

Spirituality, religion, and the Supernatural

The Arts

Processes of Change

Global Challenges local Responses and the Role of Anthropology

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