True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or
false.
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“Kinkeepers” are equally likely to be male as female in contemporary
Canadian society.
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2.
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It is in their relations in the outside world that women in rural
Taiwan develop sufficient backing to maintain some independence under their powerful
mothers-in-law.
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3.
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Unilineal descent does not mean that relatives outside one's own
descent line are ignored or forgotten.
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4.
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Bilateral kinship and bilateral descent cannot be used interchangeably,
since they do not have the same meaning.
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5.
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A clan is similar to a lineage in that clan members are able to trace
exact genealogical links to their common ancestor.
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6.
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A lineage is a corporate descent group the members of which claim
descent from a common chief executive officer.
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7.
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A person in a system of bilateral descent traces descent through his
father for some purposes, and through his mother for other purposes.
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8.
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Descent groups are frequently found to be important organizing devices
in food-foraging societies.
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9.
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Where nuclear families are important, the principle of bilateral
descent and the group called the kindred will probably exist.
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10.
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The kinship terminology with the fewest terms is
Hawaiian.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best
completes the statement or answers the question.
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Of all
the descent groups that exist in non-Western societies, descent groups are the most
common. a. | unilineal | b. | matrilineal | c. | ambilineal | d. | double | e. | bilateral | | |
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A woman
in rural Taiwan__________________________________. a. | usually leaves her own community to go live with her
husband | b. | establishes a
strong, close bond with her mother-in-law | c. | is united with other village women through ties of
kinship | d. | has no power to
influence her husband's decisions or treatment of her | e. | remains in her home community after
marriage | | |
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The
kinship system followed by most Western societies is characterized
by_______________. a. | bilateral descent, with an Iroquois kinship
terminology | b. | patrilineal
descent, with an Iroquois kinship terminology | c. | bilateral descent, with an Eskimo
terminology
d patrilineal descent, with an Omaha
terminology | d. | The kinship system
followed by most Western societies is characterized by_______________. | e. | bilineal descent, with an Eskimo
terminology | | |
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Another
label for patrilineal descent is _________ descent. a. | double | b. | patriarchal | c. | fraternal | d. | agnatic | e. | avuncular | | |
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Unilineal descent_________________________________. a. | affiliates a person with close relatives through both
sexes | b. | provides a way of
restricting descent group membership so as to minimize problems of divided loyalty and the
like | c. | is system in which
a line that receives a wife from a certain different line in one generation provides one back to the
next generation | d. | is a connection through marriage | e. | is the same as lineage
segmentation | | |
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Clan
membership among the Iroquois is passed on in the __________________ line. a. | patrilineal | b. | ambilineal | c. | matrilineal | d. | bilateral | e. | bilineal | | |
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___________descent is likely to be found in societies where male labour is a prime
factor and where pastoralism and intensive agricultural are practiced. a. | Ambilineal | b. | Bilateral | c. | Matrilineal | d. | Double | e. | Patrilineal | | |
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I. The
primary way in which women in ___________can exert any influence over the men in their family is
through the village women's gossip, which can cause a loss of face for their husbands and
fathers-in-law. a. | the
Philippines | b. | Taiwan | c. | Indonesia | d. | the Trobriands | e. | the Amazon Basin | | |
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Which
of the following is not true of descent groups? a. | They are composed of those who claim to be lineally
descended from a particular ancestor. | b. | They are common in human
societies. | c. | They trace their
connections back to a common ancestor through a chain of parent-child links, and thus appear to stem
from the parent-child bond. | d. | They may have religious, as well as social and economic
functions. | e. | All of the above
are true of descent groups. | | |
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20.
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The
Trobriand Islanders have a matrilineal descent system. If a Trobriand boy is guilty of bad behaviour,
who would have the responsibility of punishing him? a. | his sister | b. | his mother | c. | his mother's sister | d. | his mother's brother | e. | his father | | |
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A
common feature of lineages is that they are ______________. a. | endogamous | b. | exogamous | c. | very large | d. | totemic | e. | bilateral | | |
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Which
of the following is true of Chinese immigrant communities in Canada? a. | Clan and district ties ceased to be important once Chinese
immigrants arrived in Canada, since in the early period of immigration men were not allowed to bring
their families. | b. | Clan and district associations took over some of the roles
that patrilineal families had filled at home, as well as new ones specific to the Canadian
situation. | c. | The role of
kinship has undergone little change from what people knew in China. | d. | After a period of intensified extended family ties, once
the Chinese Immigration Act was repealed, the most recent generation of Chinese-Canadians has
increasingly adopted the nuclear family as a preferred family form. | e. | both b and d | | |
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_________, because they may have members living in many different villages, depend on
totems to provide symbolic identification and promote solidarity. a. | Families | b. | Corporate descent groups | c. | Clans | d. | Lineages | e. | Tribes | | |
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A
person in a system of __________descent traces descent through both parents simultaneously and
recognizes multiple ancestors. a. | matrilineal | b. | patrilineal | c. | ambilineal | d. | bilateral | e. | double | | |
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The
word "________" comes from the French word for half, and is defined as a society divided
into two and only two major descent groups. a. | phratry | b. | clan | c. | mitad | d. | medio | e. | moiety | | |
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26.
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A
___________ is a unilineal descent group composed of two or more clans that believe they are related
to each other. a. | totem | b. | phratry | c. | clan | d. | moiety | e. | lineage | | |
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The
__________system of kinship terminology is usually associated with ambilineal
descent. a. | Iroquois | b. | Crow | c. | Omaha | d. | Hawaiian | e. | Eskimo | | |
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Crow
kinship terminology is associated with ___________ descent. a. | cognatic | b. | ambilineal | c. | matrilineal | d. | polygynous | e. | patrilineal | | |
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29.
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This
____________system of kinship terminology gives a separate term for each kind of
cousin. a. | Sudanese | b. | Crow | c. | Omaha | d. | Hawaiian | e. | Iroquois | | |
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30.
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The
_________________ system assigns the same kinship term to all relatives of the same sex in the
mother’s patrilineage, without regard for generation. a. | Crow | b. | Sudanese | c. | Eskimo | d. | Omaha | e. | Hawaiian | | |
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