Question 1

One of the most important functions of the clan across cultures is to:

Accepted Answer

A) Regulate marriage. 
B) Manage economic affairs of the family. 
C) Preserve the environment by sacred identification. 
D) Determine political positions. 
E) Educate young people. 
A) Regulate marriage. 
B) Manage economic affairs of the family. 
C) Preserve the environment by sacred identification. 
D) Determine political positions. 
E) Educate young people.

Question 2

Discuss the major differences in the kinship terminology systems between North India and the United States,and account for those differences in the value systems of the two cultures.

Accepted Answer

The kinship terminology systems in North

Question 3

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 4

Bilateral kinship systems:

Accepted Answer

A) Are found in most foraging and industrial societies. 
B) Are the most common kinship systems in tribes. 
C) Exist only among hunters and gatherers. 
D) Are found everywhere except in the United States and Europe. 
E) Are the same as double descent systems. 
A) Are found in most foraging and industrial societies. 
B) Are the most common kinship systems in tribes. 
C) Exist only among hunters and gatherers. 
D) Are found everywhere except in the United States and Europe. 
E) Are the same as double descent systems.

Question 5

When a daughter marries in Minangkabau society,where does she go to live?

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A) Into her family's "big" house. 
B) Into her husband's family's "big" house. 
C) Into a new big house that she and her husband build. 
D) Into her father's mother's house. 
E) The newly married couple goes to live with her cross cousins. 
A) Into her family's "big" house. 
B) Into her husband's family's "big" house. 
C) Into a new big house that she and her husband build. 
D) Into her father's mother's house. 
E) The newly married couple goes to live with her cross cousins.

Question 6

In Northern India,much of the underlying logic of the kinship system is based on all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A) Relative age. 
B) Hierarchy. 
C) Flexibility. 
D) Patrilineality. 
E) Bifurcation. 
A) Relative age. 
B) Hierarchy. 
C) Flexibility. 
D) Patrilineality. 
E) Bifurcation.

Question 7

What is the current kinship preference policy in the United States for immigration?

Accepted Answer

Preference is given to members

Question 8

The term transmigrant has been coined to refer to immigrants who cut ties with their home countries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

There are two fundamental ties recognized by every society.What are they?

Accepted Answer

They are those betwe

Question 10

In general,where you find matrilineal descent groups,you also find:

Accepted Answer

A) Societies dependent on pastoralism. 
B) Men do most of the housework. 
C) Men go to live with their wife's family after marriage. 
D) Women hold almost all of the public political roles. 
E) A woman is likely to be married to more than one man. 
A) Societies dependent on pastoralism. 
B) Men do most of the housework. 
C) Men go to live with their wife's family after marriage. 
D) Women hold almost all of the public political roles. 
E) A woman is likely to be married to more than one man.

Question 11

Parallel cousins are found in the Iroquois system of kinship and are defined as:

Accepted Answer

A) Mother's sisters' children or father's brothers' children. 
B) Mother's brothers' children or father's sisters' children. 
C) Mother's brothers' children or father's brothers' children. 
D) Mother's sisters' children or father's sisters' children. 
E) Cousins that are descended from the same ancestor. 
A) Mother's sisters' children or father's brothers' children. 
B) Mother's brothers' children or father's sisters' children. 
C) Mother's brothers' children or father's brothers' children. 
D) Mother's sisters' children or father's sisters' children. 
E) Cousins that are descended from the same ancestor.

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

Which three kinship systems are found most commonly within unilineal societies?

Accepted Answer

They are Iroquois,Cr

Question 14

How are parallel cousins different from cross cousins?

Accepted Answer

Parallel cousins are children

Question 15

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 16

The Yako of Nigeria practice double descent.What are the different functions of the matriclans and patriclans among them?

Accepted Answer

The patriclans are the source of one's r

Question 17

Consanguine refers to kin that is:

Accepted Answer

A) Related by marriage. 
B) Related by remarriage. 
C) Related by matrilineal lines only. 
D) Related by Matrilineal lines only. 
E) Related by blood. 
A) Related by marriage. 
B) Related by remarriage. 
C) Related by matrilineal lines only. 
D) Related by Matrilineal lines only. 
E) Related by blood.

Question 18

Which kinship system is the matrilineal equivalent of the Omaha system?

Accepted Answer

A) Hawaiian. 
B) Iroquois. 
C) Eskimo. 
D) Sudanese. 
E) Crow. 
A) Hawaiian. 
B) Iroquois. 
C) Eskimo. 
D) Sudanese. 
E) Crow.

Question 19

Name three basic functions of kinship.

Accepted Answer

It provides mutual a

Question 20

How does the individual trace descent in a system of double descent?

Accepted Answer

An individual belongs to both

One of the most important functions of the clan across cultures is to:

Discuss the major differences in the kinship terminology systems between North India and the United States,and account for those differences in the value systems of the two cultures.

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

Bilateral kinship systems:

When a daughter marries in Minangkabau society,where does she go to live?

In Northern India,much of the underlying logic of the kinship system is based on all of the following except:

What is the current kinship preference policy in the United States for immigration?

The term transmigrant has been coined to refer to immigrants who cut ties with their home countries.

There are two fundamental ties recognized by every society.What are they?

In general,where you find matrilineal descent groups,you also find:

Parallel cousins are found in the Iroquois system of kinship and are defined as:

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

Which three kinship systems are found most commonly within unilineal societies?

How are parallel cousins different from cross cousins?

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

The Yako of Nigeria practice double descent.What are the different functions of the matriclans and patriclans among them?

Consanguine refers to kin that is:

Which kinship system is the matrilineal equivalent of the Omaha system?

Name three basic functions of kinship.

How does the individual trace descent in a system of double descent?

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Exam 7: Kinship

One of the most important functions of the clan across cultures is to:

Discuss the major differences in the kinship terminology systems between North India and the United States,and account for those differences in the value systems of the two cultures.

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

Bilateral kinship systems:

When a daughter marries in Minangkabau society,where does she go to live?

In Northern India,much of the underlying logic of the kinship system is based on all of the following except:

What is the current kinship preference policy in the United States for immigration?

The term transmigrant has been coined to refer to immigrants who cut ties with their home countries.

There are two fundamental ties recognized by every society.What are they?

In general,where you find matrilineal descent groups,you also find:

Parallel cousins are found in the Iroquois system of kinship and are defined as:

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

Which three kinship systems are found most commonly within unilineal societies?

How are parallel cousins different from cross cousins?

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

The Yako of Nigeria practice double descent.What are the different functions of the matriclans and patriclans among them?

Consanguine refers to kin that is:

Which kinship system is the matrilineal equivalent of the Omaha system?

Name three basic functions of kinship.

How does the individual trace descent in a system of double descent?

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