Question 1

The Yako of Nigeria follow __________ rules for inheritance, with patrilineal groups receiving land and grazing rights and matrilineal groups receiving cattle and other livestock.

Accepted Answer

A)   ambilineal descent
B)   bilateral descent
C)   parallel descent
D)   double descentE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 2

In the South Pacific, members of societies with ambilineal descent groups __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   had to choose only one group to be associated with during his or her lifetime
B)   received advantages of only one descent group, but still owed responsibilities to both descent groups
C)   could shift membership in their mother's or father's descent group depending on short-term advantage
D)   had flexibility in who they chose to align, but were forced to choose an affiliation for their offspringE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

Principle of descent in which people define themselves in relation to only one side, either their mother's side or their father's side.

Accepted Answer

A)   unilineal descent
B)   bilateral descent
C)   double descent
D)   parallel descentE) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 4

The Cheyenne utilizes which type of kinship terminology system?

Accepted Answer

A)   Eskimo
B)   Crow
C)   Iroquois
D)   OmahaE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 5

Avoidance relationships characterizes relationships between who in many societies?

Accepted Answer

A)   parents-in-law and children-in-law
B)   aunts and nephews
C)   grandparents and grandchildren
D)   siblingsE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

The __________ system uses kin terms that emphasize the difference between one's parents' same-sex siblings and parents' opposite-sex siblings, classifying parallel cousins with one's own siblings.

Accepted Answer

A)   Eskimo
B)   Crow
C)   Iroquois
D)   OmahaE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 7

All are true of the leaders of Trobriand dala EXCEPT which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Dala are usually the eldest male of the eldest lineage in the group.
B)   Upon the death of a headman, the position is passed on to his eldest son.
C)   Headmen allocate farmland to resident members of the dala.
D)   Headmen perform ceremonial duties to protect and enhance the fertility of their land.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 8

How will a Dine person give their name when introducing his or her self?

Accepted Answer

A)   mother's clan, father's clan, personal name
B)   mother's clan, personal name
C)   father's clan, mother's clan, personal name
D)   mother's clan onlyE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

Divorces are easier to acquire in matrilineal societies because __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   children are linked to the lineage through their uncle, not their father
B)   women are more likely to wish for a divorce
C)   children are linked to the matriline by their mother, so fatherhood has a diminished role in kinship
D)   a group of women can successfully eject a male from their homeE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 10

Which of the following is true of matriarchies?

Accepted Answer

A)   They commonly occur throughout traditional African societies.
B)   No society is matriarchal in the same way that some societies are truly patriarchal.
C)   They commonly occur throughout traditional Indian societies.
D)   Patrilineal societies are frequently matriarchal.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 11

The __________ system makes distinctions between 1)  the nuclear family and all other types of relatives and 2)  on gender.

Accepted Answer

A)   Omaha
B)   Crow
C)   Hawaiian
D)   EskimoE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 12

__________ is a kinship principle in which descent and inheritance follow gender-linked lines so that men consider themselves descended from their fathers and women consider themselves descended from their mothers.

Accepted Answer

A)   Ambilineal descent
B)   Bilateral descent
C)   Parallel descent
D)   Double descentE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 13

__________ is a principle of descent in which individuals may choose to affiliate with either their mother's or their father's kinship group.

Accepted Answer

A)   Ambilineal descent
B)   Double descent
C)   Parallel descent
D)   Unilineal descentE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 14

Using examples to make your points, explain this statement: Kinship is primarily a social and symbolic system.

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Question 15

Why is marriage to a cousin in the Hawaiian kinship system impossible?

Accepted Answer

A)   Because brother-sister weddings are preferred and arranged.
B)   Because people never know their cousins.
C)   Because all cousins are considered siblings.
D)   Because cousins are not classified in the Hawaiian kinship system.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 16

Using Aboriginal Australians as an example, explain totems in kinship systems.

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Question 17

The proportion of matrilineal societies was highest among __________ and __________ horticulturalists.

Accepted Answer

A)   South American, Polynesian
B)   Melanesian, East African
C)   East African, South American
D)   West African, North AmericanE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 18

What is bilateral kinship? What advantages does it offer to foraging societies? Industrialized societies?

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Question 19

In matrilineal societies men often suffer from split loyalties because __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   their children belong to another lineage, but their primary obligations are to their own lineage
B)   men have a harder time adjusting to residence with their wife's family than women do to life with their husband's family
C)   men have important social and economic functions in both lineages
D)   when they marry, men are compelled to sever ties with their lineage and move awayE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 20

The Ganda, patrilineal horticulturalists from Uganda, use patrilineal inheritance rules but traditionally bypassed the eldest son for what purpose?

Accepted Answer

A)   to prevent infighting among sons
B)   to include younger sons in an important event
C)   to disperse kinship ties and link more distant relatives into the kin group effectively
D)   to avoid upsetting the dead man's ghostE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Exam 8: Kinship and Descent

__________ is a kinship principle in which descent and inheritance follow gender-linked lines so that men consider themselves descended from their fathers and women consider themselves descended from their mothers.

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Why is marriage to a cousin in the Hawaiian kinship system impossible?

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How will a Dine person give their name when introducing his or her self?

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The Cheyenne utilizes which type of kinship terminology system?

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Divorces are easier to acquire in matrilineal societies because __________.

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The __________ system uses kin terms that emphasize the difference between one's parents' same-sex siblings and parents' opposite-sex siblings, classifying parallel cousins with one's own siblings.

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All are true of the leaders of Trobriand dala EXCEPT which of the following?

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The proportion of matrilineal societies was highest among __________ and __________ horticulturalists.

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In matrilineal societies men often suffer from split loyalties because __________.

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__________ is a principle of descent in which individuals may choose to affiliate with either their mother's or their father's kinship group.

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In the South Pacific, members of societies with ambilineal descent groups __________.

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Principle of descent in which people define themselves in relation to only one side, either their mother's side or their father's side.

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The Yako of Nigeria follow __________ rules for inheritance, with patrilineal groups receiving land and grazing rights and matrilineal groups receiving cattle and other livestock.

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Using examples to make your points, explain this statement: Kinship is primarily a social and symbolic system.

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Avoidance relationships characterizes relationships between who in many societies?

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Using Aboriginal Australians as an example, explain totems in kinship systems.

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The __________ system makes distinctions between 1) the nuclear family and all other types of relatives and 2) on gender.

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Which of the following is true of matriarchies?

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What is bilateral kinship? What advantages does it offer to foraging societies? Industrialized societies?

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The Ganda, patrilineal horticulturalists from Uganda, use patrilineal inheritance rules but traditionally bypassed the eldest son for what purpose?

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