Question 1

Kinship ties are exclusively biological ties.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which large Southeastern U.S. group was traditionally a matrilineal society?

Accepted Answer

A)  Zuni 
B)   Cherokee 
C)  Navajo 
D)   Assiniboin 
A)  Zuni 
B)   Cherokee 
C)  Navajo 
D)   Assiniboin

Question 3

​Explain child circulation as it is practiced in the Andes.

Accepted Answer

Primarily associated with girls, this is

Question 4

Micaela di Leonardo found in her study of Italian Americans that:

Accepted Answer

A)  extending kin back to Italy and maintaining strong family ties was always important. 
B) Kinship is not important to Italian American families after two generations. 
C) Economic success and rising class status led to fewer kinship ties back to Italy. 
D)   most Italian Americans do not form kinship ties within the United States. 
A)  extending kin back to Italy and maintaining strong family ties was always important. 
B) Kinship is not important to Italian American families after two generations. 
C) Economic success and rising class status led to fewer kinship ties back to Italy. 
D)   most Italian Americans do not form kinship ties within the United States.

Question 5

Which of the following is not considered part of the nuclear family?

Accepted Answer

A)   Sons 
B)   Grandparents 
C)   Parents 
D)  Daughters 
A)   Sons 
B)   Grandparents 
C)   Parents 
D)  Daughters

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of a sibling bond?

Accepted Answer

A)   Grandparent-grandchild relationship 
B)  Father-son relationship 
C)   Mother-son relationship 
D)   Sister-brother relationship 
A)   Grandparent-grandchild relationship 
B)  Father-son relationship 
C)   Mother-son relationship 
D)   Sister-brother relationship

Question 7

In a Chinese lineage ancestor hall altar, what do the separate wooden tablets represent?

Accepted Answer

A)   Deceased male ancestors 
B)  Deceased female ancestors 
C)   Living male relatives 
D)   Various local household and family deities 
A)   Deceased male ancestors 
B)  Deceased female ancestors 
C)   Living male relatives 
D)   Various local household and family deities

Question 8

A consanguineal relationship is one based on:

Accepted Answer

A)   functional dependence. 
B)   marriage connections. 
C)   biological connections. 
D)  industrial economic systems. 
A)   functional dependence. 
B)   marriage connections. 
C)   biological connections. 
D)  industrial economic systems.

Question 9

​Compare and contrast matrilocal and patrilocal residence.

Accepted Answer

Both are forms of residence that a coupl

Question 10

What interesting fact did David Schneider uncover in his 1960's study of kinship in Chicago, Illinois?

Accepted Answer

A) Americans had kinship systems that were deeper than other cultural groups. 
B)   Most people could not name kin upward for more than three generations. 
C)  Americans could not name kinship connections beyond their own nuclear families. 
D)   Americans did not use kinship beyond two generations. 
A) Americans had kinship systems that were deeper than other cultural groups. 
B)   Most people could not name kin upward for more than three generations. 
C)  Americans could not name kinship connections beyond their own nuclear families. 
D)   Americans did not use kinship beyond two generations.

Question 11

The most common kinship system found in commercial societies, such as the U.S., and also in foraging societies is:

Accepted Answer

A)   Hawaiian. 
B)   Crow. 
C)   Iroquois. 
D)   Inuit. 
A)   Hawaiian. 
B)   Crow. 
C)   Iroquois. 
D)   Inuit.

Question 12

All of the following are true of Chinese clans except they:

Accepted Answer

A)  did not own lands. 
B)   are a large descent-based group. 
C)   were built upon notions of land ownership and proximity. 
D)   did not include daughters or wives. 
A)  did not own lands. 
B)   are a large descent-based group. 
C)   were built upon notions of land ownership and proximity. 
D)   did not include daughters or wives.

Question 13

Descent ties are most frequently created by birth.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Another name for kinship naming practices is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  classificatory kinship. 
B)  charting kinship. 
C)   kinship terminology. 
D)   Iroquois kinship naming system. 
A)  classificatory kinship. 
B)  charting kinship. 
C)   kinship terminology. 
D)   Iroquois kinship naming system.

Question 15

Compare Imperial Han Chinese kinship practices to those in contemporary U.S. society.

Accepted Answer

Imperial Han Chinese kinship practices w

Question 16

What term is used to refer to the individual's line or linked chain of ancestors?

Accepted Answer

A)  Descent 
B)   Kindred 
C)  Genealogical grid 
D)   Clan 
A)  Descent 
B)   Kindred 
C)  Genealogical grid 
D)   Clan

Question 17

In Imperial Han China, daughters were their fathers' spiritual heirs even though they did not inherit land.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Post-Schneider kinship research uncovered the importance of the sibling bond in matrilineal societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

A joint family in Han China contained all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A)   matrilineal descent group. 
B)   elaborate extended family. 
C)   three generations of family members. 
D)   two marriages at the middle generation. 
A)   matrilineal descent group. 
B)   elaborate extended family. 
C)   three generations of family members. 
D)   two marriages at the middle generation.

Question 20

What characteristic most marked patrilineages in South China during the Imperial Han era?

Accepted Answer

A)  They functioned as political kingdoms while matrilineages created centers of domestic authority. 
B)   Because they were patrilineages they only involved men and their sons. 
C)   They were highly localized and incorporated only agrarian families. 
D)  They formed into lineage organizations that functioned like corporations. 
A)  They functioned as political kingdoms while matrilineages created centers of domestic authority. 
B)   Because they were patrilineages they only involved men and their sons. 
C)   They were highly localized and incorporated only agrarian families. 
D)  They formed into lineage organizations that functioned like corporations.

Kinship ties are exclusively biological ties.

Which large Southeastern U.S. group was traditionally a matrilineal society?

Explain child circulation as it is practiced in the Andes.

Micaela di Leonardo found in her study of Italian Americans that:

Which of the following is not considered part of the nuclear family?

Which of the following is an example of a sibling bond?

In a Chinese lineage ancestor hall altar, what do the separate wooden tablets represent?

A consanguineal relationship is one based on:

Compare and contrast matrilocal and patrilocal residence.

What interesting fact did David Schneider uncover in his 1960's study of kinship in Chicago, Illinois?

The most common kinship system found in commercial societies, such as the U.S., and also in foraging societies is:

All of the following are true of Chinese clans except they:

Descent ties are most frequently created by birth.

Another name for kinship naming practices is called:

Compare Imperial Han Chinese kinship practices to those in contemporary U.S. society.

What term is used to refer to the individual's line or linked chain of ancestors?

In Imperial Han China, daughters were their fathers' spiritual heirs even though they did not inherit land.

Post-Schneider kinship research uncovered the importance of the sibling bond in matrilineal societies.

A joint family in Han China contained all of the following except:

What characteristic most marked patrilineages in South China during the Imperial Han era?

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Kinship ties are exclusively biological ties.

Which large Southeastern U.S. group was traditionally a matrilineal society?

​Explain child circulation as it is practiced in the Andes.

Micaela di Leonardo found in her study of Italian Americans that:

Which of the following is not considered part of the nuclear family?

Which of the following is an example of a sibling bond?

In a Chinese lineage ancestor hall altar, what do the separate wooden tablets represent?

A consanguineal relationship is one based on:

​Compare and contrast matrilocal and patrilocal residence.

What interesting fact did David Schneider uncover in his 1960's study of kinship in Chicago, Illinois?

The most common kinship system found in commercial societies, such as the U.S., and also in foraging societies is:

All of the following are true of Chinese clans except they:

Descent ties are most frequently created by birth.

Another name for kinship naming practices is called:

Compare Imperial Han Chinese kinship practices to those in contemporary U.S. society.

What term is used to refer to the individual's line or linked chain of ancestors?

In Imperial Han China, daughters were their fathers' spiritual heirs even though they did not inherit land.

Post-Schneider kinship research uncovered the importance of the sibling bond in matrilineal societies.

A joint family in Han China contained all of the following except:

What characteristic most marked patrilineages in South China during the Imperial Han era?

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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Explain child circulation as it is practiced in the Andes.

Compare and contrast matrilocal and patrilocal residence.