Anthropology 9, 10, 11

Unilineal descebt systems

b. comprise the majority of the world's kinship designations

The Hijra of Hindu India exemplify

a. A gender role that tolerates a wid e definition of gender than is found in our own society

In a patrilineal descent group.which of the following does not belong to the same group?

a. A mans wife

What is "partible paternity"?

a. A relationship in which more than one father raises the child

The levirate is a marriage custom in which

a. A widow marries the brother or another close relative of her dead husband

How can you best describe multigenerational households?

a. In a multigenerational household, there are three or more generations.

Which statement about polyandry in Africa is FALSE

a. Polyandry is very rarely practiced today.

Who is a "consanguine"?

a. Someone related by blood

In all human societies, kinship is tied to the biological relationships created by human reproduction. However,

a. how different societies sort and categorize kinship relationships is as much a matter of culture as it is of biology

In societies with a double descent system, members are

a. part of both a martilineage and a patrilineage

Your textbook defines marriages as a normally permanent arrangement but recognizes that

a. the permanence of marriage may vary from society to society

The term descent is used by anthropologists to refer to

a. the rules a culture uses to establish with one's parents

The sororate is a marriage custom in which

b. A widower is expected to marry the sister or another close relative of his dead wife

Which of the following is NOT a cause of the rapidly rising divorce rate in the U.S. today?

b. Americans are less moral today because of the pressures of globalization

Which form of marriage compensation is a transfer of goods from the brides family to the grooms family?

b. Dowry

In the story related by medical anthropologist Geri-Ann Galanti in "Cross- Cultural Miscues", why was the young Bedouin woman killed after she was sent to the hospital?

b. She had dishonored her family, and they killed her to restore their honor

Which statement about the Chinese patrilineal family is FALSE?

b. Women give their total allegiance to their husband's family.

Which statement about the Zuni (New Mexico) kinship system is true?

b. Zuni men are divided between serving the serving the economic interests of their wives and the ceremonial needs of their sisters and mothers

Polyandry is

b. a woman having more than one husband at a time

While human sexuality varies widely from culture to culture,

b. all societies regulate sexual conduct

Anthropologists, as compared to other social scientists, have spent a great deal of time studying kinship because they have

b. concentrated mainly on small-scale societies where kinship relations tend to be important

And "aunt" or "uncle" who has no biological or marital relationship is an example of

b. fictive kin

Polyandry

b. is a symbol of prestige for older men

The nuclear family is based on _______ ties, and the extended family is based on ______ ties.

b. marital; blood

Margaret Mead's study of three New Guinea societies determined that

b. men's and women's gender roles are not defined in the same ways in all societies

The prohibition against sexual relations with certain categories of kin is called

b. the incest taboo

The text defines gender as

b. the roles, behaviors, and attributes for members of the two sexes

The inbreeding theory of incest taboo argues that

b. there are harmful genetic benefits from breeding within the family

A kinship diagram of a married couple, their children, and their children's children includes

b. three generations; therefore three rows of kinship figures

A nuclear family includes all of the following EXCEPT a

b. uncle

Cross cousins are defined as the children of

b. your mother's brother or father's sister

Which statement about romantic love is true?

c. People in many non-Western countries do not base marriage on romantic love.

Marrying outside a group is

c. exogamy

According to an official statement of the American Anthropological Association,

c. families built on same-sex marriages can contrition stable and humane societies

In a modern world, kinship

c. has become much more complex because of new reproductive technologies

In Western societies, mate selection is largely a decision made

c. jointly by the prospective bride and groom

The most important factor contributing to social structure in small-scale societies is

c. kinship

The post- marital residence pattern characterized by the couple living with or near the parents of the bride is called

c. matrilocal

The incest taboo

c. prohibits sexual relations with certain categories of the kin

In matrilineal descent systems

c. property and political office pass from one man to another through women

Cross-culturally, most kinship systems

c. provide links between successive generations and ties across a single generation

Which of the following statements about polyandry in the United States is correct?

d. Although polyandry is practiced in certain areas of the U.S., it is not legal.

Which of the following tasks is NOT generally shared between males and females across cultures?

d. Preparing food

Arranged marriages are found most often in what type of society?

d. Societies in which there is elaborate social hierarchy

A marriage rule that requires a woman to marry within her ethnic group and religion is a rule of

d. endogamy

Bridewealth

d. legitimizes marriages and transfers rights over children to the father's family

All of the following are criteria used to distinguish between kin categories EXCEPT

d. level of formal education

Neolocal residence means

d. living in a place of one's own

Traditional Chinese families are good examples of

d. patrilineal kinship

Which of the following forms of cousin marriage is most common?

e. Cross cousin

Which of the following is NOT a reason kinship systems are important to every society?

e. They allow outsiders to identify individuals within a cultural and social setting.

The textbook defines marriage as a socially approved union between two adults that has all of the following characteristics EXCEPT

e. assumption of some degree of permanence

The rules that a culture uses to establish affiliations with one's parents is called

e. descent

Expected ways of behaving based on a society's definition of masculinity and femininity is called

e. gender roles

All of the following are reasons that societies practice the levirate EXCEPT

e. it is associated with societies that place the highest value on female heirs

In a martilineal society, a boy's father figure is his

e. mother's brother