Reading Quiz Chapter 8 ANT 300

Which of the following is a common characteristic of the "Eskimo" kinship terminology system?

Different terms distinguish between parents and the parents' siblings.

Adopting a child forms kinship bonds that the textbook categorizes as descent-based.

False

The study of wife abuse in rural Kentucky found that the primary challenge was that women were unwilling to take advantage of existing social services and law enforcement.

False

The difference between cross-cousins and parallel cousins is defined by what factor?

The gender of the ego's parent of whom the cousin's parent is a sibling.

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

True

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

True

Brideprice refers to __________.

a gift to the bride's family from the groom's side

Which of the following is an example of kinship created through ritual?

adoption among the Maasai pastoralists

Large extended households are most prevalent in the __________ mode of livelihood.

agriculture

Unilineal descent systems __________.

are found in about 60 percent of the world's cultures

According to the textbook, kinship is based on which three factors?

descent, sharing, and marriage

A factor in high rates of wife abuse in rural Kentucky is __________.

geographical isolation

Nuclear households are associated with which two modes of livelihood?

industrial/digital economy and foraging

Three heterosexual couples are being married. Both the bride and groom of couple A are well-educated. The groom of couple B is from a much wealthier family than the bride. The bride of couple C is much taller than the groom. Which of the following sequences of terms is correctly applied to the three couples?

isogamy (couple A), hypergyny (couple B), hypogyny (couple C)

The research tool showing the relatives known by an individual or "ego" is a(n) __________.

kinship diagram

Bilineal descent systems are __________.

less common than unilineal descent systems

A household in which one or more adult children live with their parents, as is becoming increasingly common in the United States, is referred to as a __________ household.

multigenerational

Compared to a family, a household may include __________.

people who are not related by kinship

Brideservice involves __________.

the groom working for the bride's family

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

true

__________ is the term that applies specifically to marriages between one man and several women.

Polygyny