Question 1

A clan is a set of kin in which members believe they are descended from a common ancestor. The difficulty in studying clans is

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A)   the written records are all but lost.
B)   the common ancestor is the only know factor.
C)   it only works for patriclans.
D)   the links back to the ancestor are not specified.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 2

What factor has been discovered by Elman Service to explain bilocal residence?

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A)   a drastic loss of population because of infectious disease
B)   population increase due to increased health-care delivery since WWII
C)   an indifference to social change by the married couple
D)   a complete breakdown of social customs so that the married couple can make the choice on its ownE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 3

What is the importance of various rules of descent? Describe all three known rules of descent.

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Question 4

What percentage of societies practice neolocal residence? Where is it commonly practiced? Why is it so rare?

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Question 5

__________ descent affiliates an individual with kin related to him or her through men or women.

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A)   Patrilineal
B)   Matrilineal
C)   Unilineal
D)   AmbilinealE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 6

The Hawaiian system of kinship terminology is the least complex because

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A)   it uses the smallest number of terms.
B)   all relatives of the same sex in the same generation are referred to by the same term.
C)   female cousins and called sister and male cousins are called brother.
D)   all of the above.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

In terms of patterns of marital residence, the pattern most often seen in patrilocal residence is

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A)   the married couple lives with or near the wife's parents.
B)   the married couple lives with or near the husband's parents.
C)   the married couple lies nowhere near either in-law.
D)   the married couple lives with the wife's parents part of the time and with the husband's parents the rest of the time.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 8

The Kapauku Papuans have all of the following except

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A)   patriclans.
B)   patrilineages.
C)   villages.
D)   moieties.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

A __________ is a set or kin whose members believe themselves to be descended from a common ancestor or ancestress, but the links back to that ancestor are not specified.

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A)   kindred
B)   moiety
C)   lineage
D)   clanE) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

Which of the following is most associated with unilineal descent groups?

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A)   unilocal residence
B)   the domination of one sex in contributions to subsistence
C)   a money economy
D)   the absence of warfareE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 11

Which system of kinship terminology has been called the mirror image of the Omaha system?

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A)   Crow
B)   Iroquois
C)   Inuit
D)   HawaiianE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

In societies with unilineal descent

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A)   the kin group rarely acts as a unit.
B)   all individuals who reside together are considered kin.
C)   some very close biological relatives are excluded from one's kin group.
D)   no biological relatives are excluded from the kin group.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 13

If a society is divided into two unilineal descent groups, anthropologists call each group a

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A)   moiety.
B)   phratry.
C)   lineage.
D)   parsimony.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 14

In the U.S., for the most part, when we use the term uncle we do not distinguish between father's brother or mother's brother which includes the concept of

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A)   delineation by age.
B)   consanguineal and affinal kin.
C)   delineation by the number of their offspring, your cousins.
D)   how close the person is to you.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 15

With matrilineal descent, a man belongs to the same descent group as his

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A)   uncle's mother.
B)   daughter.
C)   brother's daughter.
D)   sister's son.E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 16

What is a kindred? How does it relate to bilateral kinship?

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Question 17

In which system of kinship terminology are the terms for father and father's brother the same, mother and mother's sister the same, as well as mother and mother's brother's daughter?

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A)   Eskimo
B)   Omaha
C)   Iroquois
D)   CrowE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 18

There are rules of descent in anthropology because

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A)   they need rules to organize families.
B)   otherwise there would be no observable patterns.
C)   they are a way of explaining how individuals are connected with particular sets of kin.
D)   society would not be able to function.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

Contrast the terms "lineage," "clan," "phratry," and "moieties."

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