Practice Quiz Chapter 07

. Polygamy is ________.

a) a marriage pattern in which a person may be married to only one person at a time

b) often undertaken in order to manage and/or expand an individual's resources

c) a form of polyandry

d) all of the above

. Pater refers to the social father role while genitor refers to the ________ role.

a) biological father

b) social mother

c) biological mother

d) both b and c

. Bilateral kinships ________.

a) are the most common descent pattern

b) are created through both sexes equally

c) are formed through matrilineal descents

d) provide clear rules for property ownership and inheritance

. All of the following statements about lineages are false except ________.

a) matrilineages are the most common form of lineage organization

b) lineages only exist for the lifetime of the Ego

c) lineages can be organized around a mythical ancestor

d) a lineage can act as a single legal entity

. Matrilineal societies are associated with ________.

a) matriarchal societies

b) brother-sister relationships

c) mother-daughter relationships

d) both a and c

. Lucas marries Ava and adopts Ava's daughter from a previous relationship. This is an example of ________.

a) a joint family

b) a family of choice

c) a blended family

d) an extended family

. Hector and Olivia are an engaged couple studying in Toronto. After they get married, they plan to move to Montreal to be near Hector's family. This is an example of a(n) ________ residence pattern.

a) ambilocal

b) duolocal

c) patrilocal

d) avunculocal

. All of the following statements about non-kin-based societies are true except ________.

a) non-kin-based societies are oriented around the division of labour

b) individuals in non-kin-based societies are free to enter any role they choose

c) non-kin-based societies are based on contracts

d) non-kin-based societies are held together by mechanical solidarity

. All of the following statements about patrilineages are true except ________.

a) women in patrilineal societies are cut off from their own patrilineages after marriage

b) the central relationship in a patrilineage is the one between father and son

c) women typically have lower status in patrilineal societies

d) women must leave their own patrilineages to produce the next generation of somebody else's lineage

. An Ego is the ________.

a) leader of a kin-based group

b) central linking person or persons in a kinship group

c) Ju/'hoansi term for an older, male relative

d) eldest male in a kinship group

. ________ may reflect the role(s) each partner is expected to adopt in familial and social relationships after marriage.

a) Laws

b) Post-marital living arrangements

c) Prenuptial agreements

d) Societal hegemony

. In Latin America, godparents are expected to take an active role in the lives of their godchildren. The relationship between the ________ is considered the most important.

a) godparent and godchildren

b) church and the godparents

c) parents and the godparents

d) children and the church

. Marriage customs might vary quite a bit but anthropologists see marriage everywhere as fundamentally a ________.

a) sacred union

b) mandatory process

c) social process

d) religious process

. The relatives that we think of as "blood" relatives are said to be ________ relatives by anthropologists.

a) consanguineal

b) genetic

c) affinal

d) nuclear

. The transfer of certain symbolically important goods from the groom's family to the bride's family is called ________.

a) dowry

b) bride tax

c) patriwealth

d) bride wealth

. The practice of a widow marrying her deceased husband's brother is referred to as ________.

a) brother substitution

b) levirate

c) exogamy

d) endogamy

. The need to marry someone from within a particularly defined social group is known as ________.

a) endogamy

b) exogamy

c) monogamy

d) polyandry

. Polygamy means being married to ________.

a) more than one man at the same time

b) more than one woman at the same time

c) more than one person at the same time

d) a divorced person who was married before

. The transfer of wealth from the bride's family to her and her spouse at the time of marriage is known as ________.

a) bride's gift

b) dowry

c) daughter's due

d) bride wealth

. The kinship system that recognizes the descent groups through both one's mother and one's father is known as ________.

a) equilateral descent

b) dual descent

c) double descent

d) bilateral descent

. A lineage that is a corporate organization can ________.

a) collectively own land and assets that are passed on through the lineage upon death

b) collectively remove lineage members who misbehave

c) collectively make decisions about religious protocol

d) collectively approve the inclusion of non-lineage members into the group

. Prescriptive marriage is useful for forming social ________.

a) clans

b) alliances

c) structures

d) oppositions

. One that has an ascribed status has had it since ________.

a) graduation

b) marriage

c) birth

d) adulthood

. One that is joined to you in intimacy and mutual benevolence, independent of sexual or family love, is your ________.

a) friend

b) acquaintance

c) codependent

d) colleague

. For traditional northwestern Inuit societies, divorce can result in the creation of new relationships.

a) True

b) False

. The neolocal pattern is the most common residence pattern in most Western nations.

a) True

b) False

. Bifurcation refers to the criteria of relatedness by connection through marriage, as in the distinction between mother and mother-in-law.

a) True

b) False

. Consanguineal relationships can include relationships created by adoption and artificial reproduction.

a) True

b) False

. Friendships are defined as being "independent of sexual or family love"; therefore, the term "friendship" does not apply to relationships formed by marriage or kinship.

a) True

b) False

. Age sets are sodalities composed of young, kin-related men born within a specific time span.

a) True

b) False

. The English language does not have a term to describe collaterality in kin relationships.

a) True

b) False

. Families of choice are a form of invited kinship.

a) True

b) False

. Brother-sister relationships take precedence over spousal relationships among the Ashanti people of Western Africa.

a) True

b) False

. Marriage always creates new relationships.

a) True

b) False

. Kinship terms, such as "father" or "mother," refer to the same roles in all cultures.

a) True

b) False

. Marriage creates both affinal and consanguineal family ties.

a) True

b) False

. Kinship is about keeping track of only your blood relatives.

a) True

b) False

. In Canada, serial monogamy is not allowed and is illegal.

a) True

b) False

. Dowries were made illegal in India in 1961 yet remain extremely popular.

a) True

b) False

. A nuclear family consists of two generations, parents and their unmarried children.

a) True

b) False

. "Families of choice" is a more modern term for the extended family.

a) True

b) False

. At a typical Canadian family wedding the relatives that show up would represent the bride and groom's kindreds.

a) True

b) False

. One must prove lineal descent membership to be a member of a clan.

a) True

b) False

. Sodalities are groups of people that have close bonds without the necessity of kinship.

a) True

b) False

. Émile Durkheim characterized mechanical solidarity as people with the same kinship status sharing the same social tasks.

a) True

b) False

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