Chapter 12 Practice Quiz

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. The kinship group followed by most North Americans and Europeans is the _______.

unilineal descent group correct incorrect

postlineal descent group correct incorrect

patrilineal descent group correct incorrect

matrilineal descent group correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. In a patrilineal society, members of a patrilineage include _______.

all those who trace descent to a common female ancestor correct incorrect

a male and his brothers correct incorrect

all those who trace descent to a common male ancestor correct incorrect

a woman and her sisters correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Endogamy is a rule that refers to _______.

marriage outside a defined social group correct incorrect

kinship connections based on marriage correct incorrect

kinship connections based on descent correct incorrect

marriage within a defined social group correct incorrect

the end of marriage correct incorrect

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. A(n) _______ is created when previously divorced or widowed people marry, bringing with them children from their previous marriages.

blended family correct incorrect

nuclear family correct incorrect

extended family correct incorrect

non-consanguineal family correct incorrect

none of the above correct incorrect

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. Among the Ju/'hoansi, divorce _______.

requires only mutual consent correct incorrect

is very antagonistic correct incorrect

does not exist, although when a couple stops living together, the husband and wife are considered to be separated and ready for another marriage without the dissolution of the first one correct incorrect

involves the return of bridewealth, which may instigate the break-up of additional marriages in order to assemble the needed amount correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following are examples of para-kinship or surrogate family networks?

Gang identity correct incorrect

Secret societies like the Masons correct incorrect

Job networks correct incorrect

Fosterages correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. If you earn your Ph.D. in Anthropology and call yourself "Dr." it is what kind of status?

Fictive status correct incorrect

Ascribed status correct incorrect

Proscribed status correct incorrect

Achieved status correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is not true about marriage?

It is a socially and legally binding contract between two or more individuals correct incorrect

It is a social process that creates social ties correct incorrect

It is a consanguineal relationship correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. When a couple sets up an independent household that they choose, that is called a _______.

neolocal residence correct incorrect

patrilocal residence correct incorrect

matrilocal residence correct incorrect

avunculocal residence correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. The marriage pattern in which a woman may be married to more than one husband at a time is called _______.

polygyny correct incorrect

polygamy correct incorrect

postgamy correct incorrect

polyandry correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Anthropologists only focus on kinship systems in their understanding of relatedness.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Friendships can be formalized in some societies.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Kinship systems can serve the role of central government in some societies.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Groups that trace descent through parents are called lineages.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Kinship terminologies pay selective attention to attributes to define classes.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Achieved kinship status can never be an ascribed one.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Marriage is a social process that transforms the status of the participants.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. A married woman's sexuality is distinguished from her reproductive capacity only in
polyandry.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Few human societies permit marriages to end in divorce.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Families can change from one type to another over time.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect