Exam 7: Marriage, Family, and Kinship

The Hopi are a(n)_________ society.

Marriage traditionally,and most commonly,extends social alliances between all of the following except:

Among the Toda of South India,there tends to be:

More than 25 percent of the world's population is traditionally neolocal.

Kin groups that trace descent from a common ancestor and who can demonstrate those genealogical links among themselves are called:

All societies practice some form of the levirate and sororate.

In the United States,racial groups and social classes tend to be:

Nuclear families are organized around __________ relations and extended families are organized around __________ relations.

The Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints are part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Clans do not normally indicate the residence of an individual.

Name four functions of marriage.

Compare and contrast the functions of marriage and kinship systems in a society.

How does polyandry differ from polygyny?

Kinship systems are cultural phenomena.

Exogamy specifies that a person must marry within a specific group of individuals.

Polygyny is a form of marriage in which:

Name three functions of a kinship system.

What is unique about family relationships among the Na of China?

The principle of __________ differentiates relatives by blood from relatives by marriage.

The most common form of marriage across cultures is: