Exam 10: Kinship and Descent

Patrilineal descent is likely to be found in societies where _______________.

In the _______________ system of kinship terminology,ego's father,father's brother and mother's brother are all referred to by the same term,and ego's mother,mother's sister and father's sister are all referred by the same term;the term "brother" includes ego's brothers as well as male cousins.

The word "moiety" comes from the French word for _______________,and exists when a society is divided into two and only two major descent groups.

Anglo-American culture uses Eskimo kinship terminology.

Approximately how many Micmacs are members of the Aroostook band today,according to official criteria?

A/An _________________________ group is any kin-ordered social group;with a membership in the direct line of descent from a real or fictional common ancestor.

Unilineal descent means that relatives outside one's own descent line are avoided if at all possible.

In patrilineal societies males are considered far more important than females because they are considered responsible for the perpetuation of the group.

_______________ develop out of extended families when families split up and move to nearby regions,and the core members of these families recognize their descent from common ancestor and continue to organize activities based on this idea.

In many human societies genealogical connections are used to define each individual's _______________.

In _______________ kinship terminology,the term "brother" is given to ego's brother,father's brother's son,and mother's sister's song;a different term is used for the sons of father's sister and mother's brother."Mother" refers to ego's mother and mother's sister;"father" refers to ego's father and father's brother.Separate terms are used for mother's brother and father's sister.

You belong to a patrilineal descent group.Which of the following belong(s)to the same group?

A _______________ is a extended unilineal descent group whose members claim descent from a common ancestor but cannot trace their genealogical links to that ancestor.

_______________ kinship affiliates a person with close relatives through both sexes;in other words,the individual traces descent through both parents,all four grandparents,and so forth,recognizing multiple ancestors.