Question 1

All of the following correctly express the differences between a lineage and a clan except:

Accepted Answer

A) Members of a lineage can trace their common ancestors,but members of a clan cannot. 
B) Members of a lineage tend to live together or near each other,whereas members of a clan tend to be spread over different local communities. 
C) Members of a lineage recognize a blood tie,whereas members of a clan do not. 
D) Lineages have primarily domestic and economic functions,whereas clans more frequently have political and religious functions. 
E) Lineages consist of fewer members than do clans. 
A) Members of a lineage can trace their common ancestors,but members of a clan cannot. 
B) Members of a lineage tend to live together or near each other,whereas members of a clan tend to be spread over different local communities. 
C) Members of a lineage recognize a blood tie,whereas members of a clan do not. 
D) Lineages have primarily domestic and economic functions,whereas clans more frequently have political and religious functions. 
E) Lineages consist of fewer members than do clans. C

Question 2

In Minangkabau culture,rice land that belongs to a matrihouse is controlled by:

Accepted Answer

A) The senior male. 
B) The senior female. 
C) The first born son. 
D) The first born daughter. 
E) The nuclear family unit. 
A) The senior male. 
B) The senior female. 
C) The first born son. 
D) The first born daughter. 
E) The nuclear family unit. B

Question 3

Kinship is important to the study of anthropology because:

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A) It explains political rights and obligations for all industrialized societies. 
B) It determines the economic system of all societies. 
C) It plays the key role in determining rights and obligations in nonindustrial societies. 
D) It determines the foundation of all market economies in industrialized societies. 
E) It is the only social institution present in foraging and tribal societies. 
A) It explains political rights and obligations for all industrialized societies. 
B) It determines the economic system of all societies. 
C) It plays the key role in determining rights and obligations in nonindustrial societies. 
D) It determines the foundation of all market economies in industrialized societies. 
E) It is the only social institution present in foraging and tribal societies. C

Question 4

In most human societies,inheritance and succession take place as part of the kin group.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In classic anthropological descriptions of Korean villages,the focus in kinship has been on:

Accepted Answer

A) Patriarchal authority. 
B) Matrilineal descent. 
C) Sharing of property equally by brothers. 
D) Dowry. 
E) Importance of the mother's brother. 
A) Patriarchal authority. 
B) Matrilineal descent. 
C) Sharing of property equally by brothers. 
D) Dowry. 
E) Importance of the mother's brother.

Question 6

The Eskimo system singles out the biologically closest group of relations and treats more distant kin more or less equally.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The kinship system of the United States is most similar to that of:

Accepted Answer

A) The Eskimo. 
B) The Yanomamo. 
C) The Hawaiian. 
D) The Hopi. 
E) The Omaha. 
A) The Eskimo. 
B) The Yanomamo. 
C) The Hawaiian. 
D) The Hopi. 
E) The Omaha.

Question 8

Although kinship is not considered as central to an industrial society as to a tribal one,it does,in fact,play a significant role and can have very important consequences.In this essay,discuss the various ways that kinship can overlap with economics,politics,and social policies such as immigration in industrial societies.

Accepted Answer

In industrial societies, kinship may not

Question 9

An important kinship feature in a bilateral kinship system is:

Accepted Answer

A) Clan. 
B) Matrilineage. 
C) Patrilineage. 
D) Phratry. 
E) Kindred. 
A) Clan. 
B) Matrilineage. 
C) Patrilineage. 
D) Phratry. 
E) Kindred.

Question 10

Among what types of subsistence societies would we expect to find the Eskimo kinship system practiced?

Accepted Answer

Eskimo is customaril

Question 11

Clans have more domestic and economic functions than religious functions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The kinship classification systems that emphasize the importance of the unilineal kin group are:

Accepted Answer

A) The Eskimo,the Omaha,and the Hawaiian. 
B) The Sudanese and the Crow. 
C) The Iroquois and the Hawaiian. 
D) The Crow,the Omaha,and the Iroquois. 
E) The Sudanese and the Eskimo. 
A) The Eskimo,the Omaha,and the Hawaiian. 
B) The Sudanese and the Crow. 
C) The Iroquois and the Hawaiian. 
D) The Crow,the Omaha,and the Iroquois. 
E) The Sudanese and the Eskimo.

Question 13

What is the primary difference between systems of unilineal and bilateral descent?

Accepted Answer

In unilineal kinship

Question 14

Women usually have a lower status in societies where there is a matrilineal reckoning of descent than they do in a patrilineal society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

In Minangkabau culture,when a woman gets married she and her husband move into her family's "big house."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What are the two forms of nonunilineal descent?

Accepted Answer

Two forms of nonunil

Question 17

What do we call immigrants who maintain close relations with their home countries?

Accepted Answer

A) Native immigrants. 
B) Transnationals. 
C) Transmigrants. 
D) Transients. 
E) Consanguineal migrants. 
A) Native immigrants. 
B) Transnationals. 
C) Transmigrants. 
D) Transients. 
E) Consanguineal migrants.

Question 18

In a society with matrilineal descent,the person with the most authority and responsibility for a woman and her child is her:

Accepted Answer

A) Brother. 
B) Son. 
C) Sister. 
D) Father. 
E) Husband. 
A) Brother. 
B) Son. 
C) Sister. 
D) Father. 
E) Husband.

Question 19

Transnationalism is:

Accepted Answer

A) The pattern of close ties and frequent visits between immigrants and those remaining in their home country. 
B) The pattern of immigrating to a new country. 
C) The pattern of splitting time equally between two countries. 
D) The pattern of creating new ties in the country an immigrant has migrated to. 
E) The pattern of migrating nuclear family members to a new country. 
A) The pattern of close ties and frequent visits between immigrants and those remaining in their home country. 
B) The pattern of immigrating to a new country. 
C) The pattern of splitting time equally between two countries. 
D) The pattern of creating new ties in the country an immigrant has migrated to. 
E) The pattern of migrating nuclear family members to a new country.

Question 20

The ties on which kinship systems are based:

Accepted Answer

A) Are scientifically accurate reflections of biological ties. 
B) Are culturally specified ties that rest on biological and conjugal relationships. 
C) Are defined culturally and have no relationship at all to biological ties. 
D) Are remembered only in societies that have developed writing. 
E) Are understood only by members of a society. 
A) Are scientifically accurate reflections of biological ties. 
B) Are culturally specified ties that rest on biological and conjugal relationships. 
C) Are defined culturally and have no relationship at all to biological ties. 
D) Are remembered only in societies that have developed writing. 
E) Are understood only by members of a society.

All of the following correctly express the differences between a lineage and a clan except:

In Minangkabau culture,rice land that belongs to a matrihouse is controlled by:

Kinship is important to the study of anthropology because:

In most human societies,inheritance and succession take place as part of the kin group.

In classic anthropological descriptions of Korean villages,the focus in kinship has been on:

The Eskimo system singles out the biologically closest group of relations and treats more distant kin more or less equally.

The kinship system of the United States is most similar to that of:

An important kinship feature in a bilateral kinship system is:

Among what types of subsistence societies would we expect to find the Eskimo kinship system practiced?

Clans have more domestic and economic functions than religious functions.

The kinship classification systems that emphasize the importance of the unilineal kin group are:

What is the primary difference between systems of unilineal and bilateral descent?

Women usually have a lower status in societies where there is a matrilineal reckoning of descent than they do in a patrilineal society.

In Minangkabau culture,when a woman gets married she and her husband move into her family's "big house."

What are the two forms of nonunilineal descent?

What do we call immigrants who maintain close relations with their home countries?

In a society with matrilineal descent,the person with the most authority and responsibility for a woman and her child is her:

Transnationalism is:

The ties on which kinship systems are based:

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Exam 7: Kinship

All of the following correctly express the differences between a lineage and a clan except:

In Minangkabau culture,rice land that belongs to a matrihouse is controlled by:

Kinship is important to the study of anthropology because:

In most human societies,inheritance and succession take place as part of the kin group.

In classic anthropological descriptions of Korean villages,the focus in kinship has been on:

The Eskimo system singles out the biologically closest group of relations and treats more distant kin more or less equally.

The kinship system of the United States is most similar to that of:

An important kinship feature in a bilateral kinship system is:

Among what types of subsistence societies would we expect to find the Eskimo kinship system practiced?

Clans have more domestic and economic functions than religious functions.

The kinship classification systems that emphasize the importance of the unilineal kin group are:

What is the primary difference between systems of unilineal and bilateral descent?

Women usually have a lower status in societies where there is a matrilineal reckoning of descent than they do in a patrilineal society.

In Minangkabau culture,when a woman gets married she and her husband move into her family's "big house."

What are the two forms of nonunilineal descent?

What do we call immigrants who maintain close relations with their home countries?

In a society with matrilineal descent,the person with the most authority and responsibility for a woman and her child is her:

Transnationalism is:

The ties on which kinship systems are based:

Anthropology and Human Diversity

Doing Cultural Anthropology

The Idea of Culture

Communication

Making a Living

Economics

Marriage, family, and Domestic Groups

Gender

Political Organization

Stratification

Religion

Creative Expression: Anthropology and the Arts

Power, conquest, and a World System

Culture, change, and the Modern World

Filters