Exam 8: Kinship and Domestic Life

Cultural anthropologists generally accept that marriage involves a binding union between a man and woman such that children born to them are considered legitimate by society.

An example of kinship established through sharing is __________.

Nuclear households are associated with which two modes of livelihood?

In the United States, notions of romantic love are more strongly held by Euro-American women than by African-American women.

The three bases of kinship described in the textbook are __________, sharing, and marriage.

Most cultural anthropologists would accept as the minimal accepted definition of marriage a "union between two or more people."

The system of descent in which kinship is traced through the female line is called __________.

Discuss key findings about husband-wife relationships cross-culturally and in Japan.

Bilineal kinship is more characteristic of foraging and industrial/digital societies than of the other three modes of livelihood.

The stem household is most commonly found in __________.

In Niger, the current marriage crisis is caused by the fact that many young men cannot raise the necessary funds for the brideprice and additional gifts to the bride's family.

The case of Nadia, an 18-year-old Norwegian citizen, involves the clash between Norwegian values about marriage and those of her family's home country of __________.

In a patrilineal kinship system, a married couple is most likely to reside __________.

How does the mode of livelihood affect kinship systems? Give concrete examples.

A nuclear household which contains one or more adult children, as is becoming increasingly common in the United States, is referred to as a ___________.

Compared to states in northern India, states in southern India have __________.

Compared to village exogamy, the practice of village ___________

Discuss how patrilineal descent shapes naming practices in a Chinese village of rural Hong Kong Territory.

Brideprice refers to __________.

In Japan, the stem household includes the parents and one of their ___________ with spouse and children.