Question 1

The Pueblo are a matrilineal society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

The Iroquois naming system uses the same terminology for mother and mother's sister.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Under the Iroquois kinship system, the mother and mother's sister are confused.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Which of the following caused the most dramatic changes to matrilineal societies?

Accepted Answer

A)   Colonialism 
B)  Migration 
C)   Rise in population 
D)   Trade and barter 
A)   Colonialism 
B)  Migration 
C)   Rise in population 
D)   Trade and barter

Question 5

Kindred organization is central to unilineal kinship societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Child circulation is traditionally associated with:

Accepted Answer

A)   godparent-godchild relationships. 
B)  orphans and widows in war-torn countries. 
C)   wealthy classes across nations. 
D)  transnational networks. 
A)   godparent-godchild relationships. 
B)  orphans and widows in war-torn countries. 
C)   wealthy classes across nations. 
D)  transnational networks.

Question 7

Who was David Schneider, and what was the importance and impact of his research?

Accepted Answer

David Schneider was a renowned biologist

Question 8

Rayna Rapp found that the lower class in the U.S. tended to:

Accepted Answer

A)   create stronger lateral kinship bonds with kin and friends. 
B)  extend kinship networks upward to five or more generations. 
C)   deny and cut off kin in higher numbers than the middle class. 
D)   include only female kin in its social networks. 
A)   create stronger lateral kinship bonds with kin and friends. 
B)  extend kinship networks upward to five or more generations. 
C)   deny and cut off kin in higher numbers than the middle class. 
D)   include only female kin in its social networks.

Question 9

David Schneider found all of the following attributes of American kinship except it:

Accepted Answer

A)  could not extend upward beyond three generations in identifying ancestors. 
B)   was practiced very weakly and sometimes did not count sibling bonds. 
C)   would cut off and not count biological kin for emotional reasons. 
D) Would cut off and not count some biological kin because of geographical distance. 
A)  could not extend upward beyond three generations in identifying ancestors. 
B)   was practiced very weakly and sometimes did not count sibling bonds. 
C)   would cut off and not count biological kin for emotional reasons. 
D) Would cut off and not count some biological kin because of geographical distance.

Question 10

Which of the following statements is correct about the Imperial Han China period?

Accepted Answer

A) Sons left the house where they were born to establish their own patriarchal households at marriage. 
B)  They used the Iroquois kinship system but also had a joint and extended family system. 
C) Kinship was patriarchal, but within the joint family women arranged marriages for sons. 
D) Marriages were arranged for daughters because it was a strictly patriarchal system. 
A) Sons left the house where they were born to establish their own patriarchal households at marriage. 
B)  They used the Iroquois kinship system but also had a joint and extended family system. 
C) Kinship was patriarchal, but within the joint family women arranged marriages for sons. 
D) Marriages were arranged for daughters because it was a strictly patriarchal system.

Question 11

Among the Minangkabau in West Sumatra, the kinship system requires residence at the wife's mother's house following marriage. This is called:

Accepted Answer

A)   patrilocal residence. 
B)   matrilocal residence. 
C)   parental residence. 
D)   neolocal residence. 
A)   patrilocal residence. 
B)   matrilocal residence. 
C)   parental residence. 
D)   neolocal residence.

Question 12

Descent lines drawn from a common ancestor result most directly in:

Accepted Answer

A)  patri-clans. 
B)   nuclear families. 
C)  lineages. 
D)   polygamous families. 
A)  patri-clans. 
B)   nuclear families. 
C)  lineages. 
D)   polygamous families.

Question 13

Bilateral kinship is associated with each of the following except it:

Accepted Answer

A)  counts kin collaterally but not lineally. 
B)  does not produce descent-based groups. 
C)  involves tracing descent through both mother and father. 
D)   produces a kinship system called the kindred. 
A)  counts kin collaterally but not lineally. 
B)  does not produce descent-based groups. 
C)  involves tracing descent through both mother and father. 
D)   produces a kinship system called the kindred.

Question 14

Blended families are more common in the United States today than they were in the past.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

When formerly married partners with children marry each other and bring their children into a single family, it is specifically called a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)   multi-generational family. 
B)  blended family. 
C)   blended lineage family. 
D)   patri-clan. 
A)   multi-generational family. 
B)  blended family. 
C)   blended lineage family. 
D)   patri-clan.

Question 16

Does matriarchy exist? Describe anthropologists' earlier findings and what we know about matriarchies today.

Accepted Answer

Matriarchy is a social system in which w

Question 17

Under matrilineal systems, the father is the patriarch of the household even though his offspring do not inherit from their father's lines.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

​Describe the two types of unilineal kinship.

Accepted Answer

Unilineal kinship involves two types: ma

Question 19

The Han Chinese were a patrilineal society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

​What is meant by the "authority puzzle" of matrilineal kinship?

Accepted Answer

In the early 1900s, when matrilineal soc

The Pueblo are a matrilineal society.

The Iroquois naming system uses the same terminology for mother and mother's sister.

Under the Iroquois kinship system, the mother and mother's sister are confused.

Which of the following caused the most dramatic changes to matrilineal societies?

Kindred organization is central to unilineal kinship societies.

Child circulation is traditionally associated with:

Who was David Schneider, and what was the importance and impact of his research?

Rayna Rapp found that the lower class in the U.S. tended to:

David Schneider found all of the following attributes of American kinship except it:

Which of the following statements is correct about the Imperial Han China period?

Among the Minangkabau in West Sumatra, the kinship system requires residence at the wife's mother's house following marriage. This is called:

Descent lines drawn from a common ancestor result most directly in:

Bilateral kinship is associated with each of the following except it:

Blended families are more common in the United States today than they were in the past.

When formerly married partners with children marry each other and bring their children into a single family, it is specifically called a(n):

Does matriarchy exist? Describe anthropologists' earlier findings and what we know about matriarchies today.

Under matrilineal systems, the father is the patriarch of the household even though his offspring do not inherit from their father's lines.

Describe the two types of unilineal kinship.

The Han Chinese were a patrilineal society.

What is meant by the "authority puzzle" of matrilineal kinship?

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Exam 4: Kin and Families Forms of Relatedness

The Pueblo are a matrilineal society.

The Iroquois naming system uses the same terminology for mother and mother's sister.

Under the Iroquois kinship system, the mother and mother's sister are confused.

Which of the following caused the most dramatic changes to matrilineal societies?

Kindred organization is central to unilineal kinship societies.

Child circulation is traditionally associated with:

Who was David Schneider, and what was the importance and impact of his research?

Rayna Rapp found that the lower class in the U.S. tended to:

David Schneider found all of the following attributes of American kinship except it:

Which of the following statements is correct about the Imperial Han China period?

Among the Minangkabau in West Sumatra, the kinship system requires residence at the wife's mother's house following marriage. This is called:

Descent lines drawn from a common ancestor result most directly in:

Bilateral kinship is associated with each of the following except it:

Blended families are more common in the United States today than they were in the past.

When formerly married partners with children marry each other and bring their children into a single family, it is specifically called a(n):

Does matriarchy exist? Describe anthropologists' earlier findings and what we know about matriarchies today.

Under matrilineal systems, the father is the patriarch of the household even though his offspring do not inherit from their father's lines.

​Describe the two types of unilineal kinship.

The Han Chinese were a patrilineal society.

​What is meant by the "authority puzzle" of matrilineal kinship?

Culture Fieldwork and American Anthropology

Social Groups Stratification and Power

Households and Economies

Marriage and Residence Practices

Gender Identities

Sexuality and Sexual Identities

Race and Ethnicity

Language and Musical Expression

Religion and Belief Systems

Technologies and Culture Change

Colonialism Modernity and Development

Polities States and Nation States

Migration and Borderlands in the Global ERA

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Describe the two types of unilineal kinship.

What is meant by the "authority puzzle" of matrilineal kinship?