ANTHRO - ch 9 review

For historical and religious reasons, Jewish women in Israel feel great pressure to reproduce the family and the nation. How is this ideal encouraged in Israeli policy? A. Children's birthday parties in Israel are state-funded. B. Israel has more fertility clinics per person than any other nation. C. Contraception technology is heavily promoted in Israel. D. Immigrants to Israel are restricted to two children per family.

Israel has more fertility clinics per person than any other nation.

Assisted reproductive technologies make conception and childbirth possible in increasingly innovative ways. What BEST describes the conundrum raised by the use of these advances? A. Adoption has become even more difficult. B. The price of reliable treatments has gone up. C. Parents' and children's rights are ambiguous. D. Doctors cannot meet the demand for services.

Parents' and children's rights are ambiguous

Members of the Nuer tribe trace genealogical connections over time via relatedness to founding ancestors. When these relationships cannot be documented, what term BEST represents this concept? A. a clan B. a lineage C. a nuclear family D. an affinal group

a clan

When Lupe first started researching her family's history, she went to Ancestry.com and, to limit her search, focused only on people related to her "by blood" until she could locate her great-great-great-grandparents on both her mother's and father's sides of the family. (She figured that later on she could look for people who married into the family.) In other words, Lupe was MOST interested in defining her ancestral kinship in terms of A. a companionate family. B. an affinal relationship. C. a descent group. D. a primary group.

a descent group

Which of the following households would be considered a nuclear family? A. a mother, a stepfather, and the mother's child from her first marriage B. a mother, a father, and their nine children, ages one to seventeen C. a mother, two fathers, and their two-year old son D. a father, a father, and their adopted four-year old daughter

a mother, a father, and their nine children, ages one to seventeen

Stan and Sue get married. Their respective families now have occasion to get to know one another. What BEST describes their new interaction? A. an affinal relationship B. a descent group C. a companionate family D. a primary group

an affinal relationship

Upon marriage, the groom's family presents the bride's family with a meaningful monetary gift. Which term is MOST applicable to this situation? A. bridewealth B. dowry C. kindred exogamy D. kindred endogamy

bridewealth

What is the MOST commonly practiced marriage type in the United States today? A. companionate marriage B. arranged marriage C. polyandrous marriage D. affinal marriage

companionate marriage

What changed kinship patterns in a Fuzhou village in China in the twentieth century? A. pressure for modernization from the hometown village association B. activism on the part of local women for representation in the lineage C. destruction of genealogical records and out-migration D. desire to conceal identity from organized crime syndicates

destruction of genealogical records and out-migration

What is a common purpose of marriage in human societies? A. creating competition between families B. determining control of property and inheritance C. discouraging physical and emotional intimacy D. promoting fewer networks of peaceable family interaction

determining control of property and inheritance

In India, the compulsory practice of a bride's family providing gifts to the groom's family upon marriage was outlawed in 1961, as it led to multiple cases of domestic violence. This practice was best known as A. kindred exogamy. B. bridewealth. C. dowry. D. kindred endogamy.

dowry.

A culture's definition of kinship ALWAYS helps determine the A. household tasks assigned to males versus females. B. selection of rulers and stratification of others in a society. C. expectations for different roles, such as mother, father, or uncle. D. rights associated with age status, such as accordance of respect.

expectations for different roles, such as mother, father, or uncle.

In her study of the Flats, a community outside of Chicago, Carol Stacks found that residents created new kinship relationships when necessary MAINLY to A. show each other the power of family. B. help one another survive poverty. C. lead young people to do better. D. promote solidarity in a tough situation.

help one another survive poverty.

In the United States, law and custom forbid marriage to certain family members. These laws and customs perpetuate A. kindred endogamy. B. kindred exogamy. C. polyandry. D. serial monogamy.

kindred exogamy.

A framed coat-of-arms hangs on the wall of Lourdes's grandmother's house in Paraguay certifying her family's ancestral connection to a general in the Spanish forces that colonized South America in the 1600s. What term BEST represents Lourdes's genealogical link to this man? A. lineage B. nuclear family C. clan D. affinal relation

lineage

Biology and marriage are not the only bases for kinship in human societies. What BEST describes behaviors that may constitute an additional kinship strategy? A. sharing news of daily life using new digital technologies B. learning in community, which creates teacher/student roles C. growing and tending to seasonal crop varieties together D. living or eating together, which leads to adoption/fostering

living or eating together, which leads to adoption/fostering

Which term refers to marriage to one person (only)? A. polygyny B. polyandry C. monogamy D. polygamy

monogamy

Ibrahim's family taught him values that he rebelled against as a teenager. Now that he's older, he's beginning to see the wisdom of his parents' lessons. They provided for him a family of __________. When Ibrahim gets married, he and his wife decide to wait a few years before having kids. Once they do, they will be a family of __________. A. orientation, alienation B. procreation, alienation C. orientation, procreation D. procreation, orientation

orientation, procreation

In certain remote parts of Tibet, one woman will become married to all of the brothers in a particular family. Which term BEST describes this practice? A. polyandry B. polygyny C. polygamy D. monogamy

polyandry

Traditionally, Nuer men could be married to more than one woman. Which term BEST describes this practice? A. polygamy B. monogamy C. polyandry D. polygyny

polygyny