Question 1

Under the levirate rule,if Tom and Jane are married and:

Accepted Answer

A) Tom dies,Jane will be returned to her nuclear family. 
B) Tom dies,Jane will marry one of Tom's uncles. 
C) Tom dies,Jane will marry one of Tom's brothers. 
D) Jane dies,Tom will marry one of Jane's aunts. 
E) Jane dies,Tom will marry one of Jane's sisters. 
A) Tom dies,Jane will be returned to her nuclear family. 
B) Tom dies,Jane will marry one of Tom's uncles. 
C) Tom dies,Jane will marry one of Tom's brothers. 
D) Jane dies,Tom will marry one of Jane's aunts. 
E) Jane dies,Tom will marry one of Jane's sisters. C

Question 2

When a couple lives with the wife's family,it is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A) neolocal residence. 
B) bilocal residence. 
C) avunculocal residence. 
D) patrilocal residence. 
E) matrilocal residence. 
A) neolocal residence. 
B) bilocal residence. 
C) avunculocal residence. 
D) patrilocal residence. 
E) matrilocal residence. E

Question 3

Which of the following is not an example of a cognatic descent system?

Accepted Answer

A) Both the mother's and father's lines are equally used to determine descent and kinship. 
B) A system has no clear-cut descent group,but rather has a network of kin called kindred. 
C) A man and his children belong to the same descent group.Inheritance is passed from father to son. 
D) A child chooses to affiliate with his or her mother's descent group. 
E) A child chooses to affiliate with his or her father's descent group. 
A) Both the mother's and father's lines are equally used to determine descent and kinship. 
B) A system has no clear-cut descent group,but rather has a network of kin called kindred. 
C) A man and his children belong to the same descent group.Inheritance is passed from father to son. 
D) A child chooses to affiliate with his or her mother's descent group. 
E) A child chooses to affiliate with his or her father's descent group. C

Question 4

What is the primary significance of rules of exogamy?

Accepted Answer

A) They form the basis for alliance between groups. 
B) They keep privileges and wealth of a group intact. 
C) They limit rivalries for power and influence. 
D) They function to create a more conservative religious alliance. 
E) They allow families to marry individuals who are related to them. 
A) They form the basis for alliance between groups. 
B) They keep privileges and wealth of a group intact. 
C) They limit rivalries for power and influence. 
D) They function to create a more conservative religious alliance. 
E) They allow families to marry individuals who are related to them.

Question 5

Ambilineal descent is a type of cognatic descent.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Bronislaw Malinowski argued that the incest taboo is universal because:

Accepted Answer

A) it decreases the amount of genetic harmfulness and reduces the number of weak offspring. 
B) it decreases the potential for family conflict and disruption of role relationships. 
C) it increases the number of social alliances that people make within human societies. 
D) all societies have the same rules of exogamy and endogamy. 
E) it increases the number of marriageable pairs within a society and allows population to grow at a higher rate. 
A) it decreases the amount of genetic harmfulness and reduces the number of weak offspring. 
B) it decreases the potential for family conflict and disruption of role relationships. 
C) it increases the number of social alliances that people make within human societies. 
D) all societies have the same rules of exogamy and endogamy. 
E) it increases the number of marriageable pairs within a society and allows population to grow at a higher rate.

Question 7

What is most responsible for changing Na family structures today?

Accepted Answer

A) the shortage of women in China today 
B) state-sponsored public school and the need to name a father on official documents 
C) economic prosperity and the desire to create inheritance lines to allow children to inherit 
D) increasing economic demands and poverty that make it necessary for the family to become larger and more productive 
E) the shortage of men 
A) the shortage of women in China today 
B) state-sponsored public school and the need to name a father on official documents 
C) economic prosperity and the desire to create inheritance lines to allow children to inherit 
D) increasing economic demands and poverty that make it necessary for the family to become larger and more productive 
E) the shortage of men

Question 8

Non-unilineal descent groups are also called:

Accepted Answer

A) cognatic. 
B) matrilineal. 
C) patrilineal. 
D) double descent. 
E) compository. 
A) cognatic. 
B) matrilineal. 
C) patrilineal. 
D) double descent. 
E) compository.

Question 9

The individual who has authority and control in a matrilineal society is:

Accepted Answer

A) the children's father. 
B) the children's grandmother. 
C) the children maternal uncle (mother' brother). 
D) the children's paternal uncle (father's brother). 
E) the children's mother. 
A) the children's father. 
B) the children's grandmother. 
C) the children maternal uncle (mother' brother). 
D) the children's paternal uncle (father's brother). 
E) the children's mother.

Question 10

Which of the following statements about the incest taboo is correct?

Accepted Answer

A) All human societies have an incest taboo,but it is only applicable to the nuclear family. 
B) The incest taboo is found only in Western societies. 
C) All human societies have an incest taboo. 
D) The incest taboo encourages cousins to mate but not members of the same nuclear family. 
E) The incest taboo is universal and prevents mating between members of the nuclear family and first cousins. 
A) All human societies have an incest taboo,but it is only applicable to the nuclear family. 
B) The incest taboo is found only in Western societies. 
C) All human societies have an incest taboo. 
D) The incest taboo encourages cousins to mate but not members of the same nuclear family. 
E) The incest taboo is universal and prevents mating between members of the nuclear family and first cousins.

Question 11

Ego's mother's brother's child is classified as which kind of cousin in anthropology?

Accepted Answer

A) parallel 
B) cross 
C) affinal 
D) third 
E) second 
A) parallel 
B) cross 
C) affinal 
D) third 
E) second

Question 12

How many generations are there in an extended family?

Accepted Answer

There are

Question 13

A(n)__________ family is organized around the female line.

Accepted Answer

A) ambilineal 
B) patrilineal 
C) matrilineal 
D) bilineal 
E) kindred 
A) ambilineal 
B) patrilineal 
C) matrilineal 
D) bilineal 
E) kindred

Question 14

The customs,rules,and obligations that establish a socially-endorsed relationship between adults and children and between the kin groups of the married partners is called:

Accepted Answer

A) cohabitation. 
B) conjugal union. 
C) "family visits." 
D) intercourse. 
E) marriage. 
A) cohabitation. 
B) conjugal union. 
C) "family visits." 
D) intercourse. 
E) marriage.

Question 15

Which of the following is not a correct argument supporting the use of dowry?

Accepted Answer

A) It symbolizes the affection that the bride's family feels for her. 
B) It is the most common form of marriage compensation found in the world today. 
C) It is a compensatory payment given by the bride's family to the groom's family as acknowledgement of their taking on an economic burden. 
D) It is a source of security for women in a new marriage. 
E) It provides the newly-married couple with resources to start their own household. 
A) It symbolizes the affection that the bride's family feels for her. 
B) It is the most common form of marriage compensation found in the world today. 
C) It is a compensatory payment given by the bride's family to the groom's family as acknowledgement of their taking on an economic burden. 
D) It is a source of security for women in a new marriage. 
E) It provides the newly-married couple with resources to start their own household.

Question 16

When a couple can choose between living with the wife's or husband's family,it is called:

Accepted Answer

A) neolocal residence. 
B) bilocal residence. 
C) avunculocal residence. 
D) patrilocal residence. 
E) matrilocal residence. 
A) neolocal residence. 
B) bilocal residence. 
C) avunculocal residence. 
D) patrilocal residence. 
E) matrilocal residence.

Question 17

Which of the following statements is not true?

Accepted Answer

A) In most societies the economic potential of the groom is highly significant. 
B) In arranged marriages the senior members of a family exercise a great deal of influence over the marriage. 
C) In most societies kin group interests have a more significant role in mate selection than individual desires. 
D) Arranged marriages are not found in the majority of the world's cultures. 
E) In most societies the bride's reproductive potential is a significant part of the marriage arrangement. 
A) In most societies the economic potential of the groom is highly significant. 
B) In arranged marriages the senior members of a family exercise a great deal of influence over the marriage. 
C) In most societies kin group interests have a more significant role in mate selection than individual desires. 
D) Arranged marriages are not found in the majority of the world's cultures. 
E) In most societies the bride's reproductive potential is a significant part of the marriage arrangement.

Question 18

When cash or goods are given by the groom's kin to the bride's kin to seal the marriage,it is classified as:

Accepted Answer

A) dowry. 
B) bride service. 
C) bridewealth. 
D) levirate. 
E) sororate. 
A) dowry. 
B) bride service. 
C) bridewealth. 
D) levirate. 
E) sororate.

Question 19

All of the following are principles for classifying kin except:

Accepted Answer

A) sex of linking relative. 
B) lineality vs.collaterality. 
C) gender. 
D) race. 
E) relative age. 
A) sex of linking relative. 
B) lineality vs.collaterality. 
C) gender. 
D) race. 
E) relative age.

Question 20

Consider a newly-married couple in each of the various forms of residence.How does the particular residence rule affect the type of family that couple will produce and how that family will function?

Accepted Answer

The type of residence a newly-married co

Under the levirate rule,if Tom and Jane are married and:

When a couple lives with the wife's family,it is referred to as:

Which of the following is not an example of a cognatic descent system?

What is the primary significance of rules of exogamy?

Ambilineal descent is a type of cognatic descent.

Bronislaw Malinowski argued that the incest taboo is universal because:

What is most responsible for changing Na family structures today?

Non-unilineal descent groups are also called:

The individual who has authority and control in a matrilineal society is:

Which of the following statements about the incest taboo is correct?

Ego's mother's brother's child is classified as which kind of cousin in anthropology?

How many generations are there in an extended family?

A(n)__________ family is organized around the female line.

The customs,rules,and obligations that establish a socially-endorsed relationship between adults and children and between the kin groups of the married partners is called:

Which of the following is not a correct argument supporting the use of dowry?

When a couple can choose between living with the wife's or husband's family,it is called:

Which of the following statements is not true?

When cash or goods are given by the groom's kin to the bride's kin to seal the marriage,it is classified as:

All of the following are principles for classifying kin except:

Consider a newly-married couple in each of the various forms of residence.How does the particular residence rule affect the type of family that couple will produce and how that family will function?

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Exam 7: Marriage, Family, and Kinship

Under the levirate rule,if Tom and Jane are married and:

When a couple lives with the wife's family,it is referred to as:

Which of the following is not an example of a cognatic descent system?

What is the primary significance of rules of exogamy?

Ambilineal descent is a type of cognatic descent.

Bronislaw Malinowski argued that the incest taboo is universal because:

What is most responsible for changing Na family structures today?

Non-unilineal descent groups are also called:

The individual who has authority and control in a matrilineal society is:

Which of the following statements about the incest taboo is correct?

Ego's mother's brother's child is classified as which kind of cousin in anthropology?

How many generations are there in an extended family?

A(n)__________ family is organized around the female line.

The customs,rules,and obligations that establish a socially-endorsed relationship between adults and children and between the kin groups of the married partners is called:

Which of the following is not a correct argument supporting the use of dowry?

When a couple can choose between living with the wife's or husband's family,it is called:

Which of the following statements is not true?

When cash or goods are given by the groom's kin to the bride's kin to seal the marriage,it is classified as:

All of the following are principles for classifying kin except:

Consider a newly-married couple in each of the various forms of residence.How does the particular residence rule affect the type of family that couple will produce and how that family will function?

What Is Anthropology and Why Should I Care

Culture Counts

Doing Cultural Anthropology

Communication

Making a Living

Economics

Sex and Gender

Political Organization

Stratification: Class, Race, Ethnicity, and Caste

Religion

Power, Conquest, and a World System

Globalization and Change

Anthropology Makes a Difference

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