Cultural Anthropology - Chapter 8 Test (6th ed)

The stem household is most commonly found in

A. East Asia (China and Japan). (c) B. South Asia (especially India). C. Papua New Guinea. D. the United States and Canada.

Which of the following statements about the Minangkabau culture is accurate?

A. Fewer Minangkabau now practice the kula. B. It is the world's largest matrilineal culture. (c) C. The traditional heartland is based in Malaysia. D. Most Minangkabau are Christians.

Brideservice involves

A. The bride working for a period of years to pay off the dowry. B. The groom working for the bride's family. (c) C. The bride working for the groom's family. D. Either the bride or groom working for their family of marriage.

Brideprice refers to

A. a gift to the groom's family from the bride's side. B. he joint contribution by the bride's and groom's families to the couple. C. a gift to the bride's family from the groom's side. (c) D. the exchange of women between two matrilineal groups.

Large extended households are most prevalent in which mode of livelihood?

A. agriculture B. industrialism/informatics C. temperate-climate foraging (?) D. circumpolar foraging

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

A. alternating between the bride's family and the groom's family. B. with the bride's family for the first year and then with the groom's family. C. with or near the parents of the bride. D. with or near the parents of the groom.(c)

The incest taboo

A. applies only to sexual intercourse, not marriage. B. is the rule that universally prevents cousin marriage. C. forbids marriage or sexual intercourse with the same set of relatives in all cultures. D. leads to exogamy. (c)

Compared to village exogamy, the practice of village ___________ (in-marriage) tends to maintain close ties between a bride and her family of origin.

A. clandogamy B. endogamy (c) C. unilineality D. matrilinealality

When goods and money go from the bride's family to the groom's family, this is referred to as __________.

A. dowry B. groomservice C. brideprice(c) D. brideservice

With the rise of industrialization and urbanization, the existence of the longhouse household tradition in Borneo is __________.

A. dying out.(c) B. moving to the mountains. C. moving inland. D. reviving.

Compared to a family, a household may include

A. fewer than four people. B. people who do not live together. C. children. D. people who are not related by kinship.(c)

An example of kinship established through sharing is

A. godparenthood.(c) B. brideprice. C. descent. D. marriage.

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

A. granddaughters B. sons(c) C. grandsons D. daughters

Unilineal descent systems

A. include all biological relatives from the in the lineage group. B. place a high value on female roles and inheritance C. are found in about 45 percent of the world's cultures.(c) D. are on the decline due to globalization.

When a woman marries several men or usually brothers, this is referred to as

A. isogamy. B. polyandry. (c) C. bigamy. D. polygyny.

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

A. life history. B. descent system. C. kinship diagram.(c) D. extended family.

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

A. love, respect, and caring B. descent, divorce and fate C. descent, sharing and marriage (c) D. genetics, language, and learning

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

A. renested syndrome. B. multigenerational household (c) C. 2nd generation household D. monogenerational household.

A major cause of the "marriage crisis" throughout sub-Saharan Africa is the high rate of HIV infection about marriage-age men.

false

When marriage involves a woman of lower status than the man, this is referred to as isogamy.

false

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

true

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.

true

In South India, cross-cousin marriage is a preferred form of marriage.

true

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

true