Understanding Kinship and Marriage

What is considered the basic unit of society?

• Kinship

• Tribe

• Family

• Clan

The social institution referring to relations formed between members of society is:

• Descent

• Kinship

• Marriage

• Household

The biological relationship traced from family or nationality is called:

• Descent

• Alliance

• Affinity

• Adoption

When kinship is traced through the father’s line only, it is:

• Bilateral descent

• Matrilineal descent

• Patrilineal descent

• Avuncolocal descent

Descent traced through the mother’s line is:

• Bilateral

• Patrilineal

• Matrilineal

• Extended

A system where kinship is traced through both parents is called:

• Bilateral descent

• Unilineal descent

• Affinal kinship

• Nuclear kinship

Kinship by blood is also called:

• Consanguineal kinship

• Affinal kinship

• Ritual kinship

• Political kinship

Kinship formed through marriage is:

• Bilateral kinship

• Affinal kinship

• Ritual kinship

• Tribal kinship

In the Philippines, marriage is legally defined as a:

• Social agreement between families

• Special contract of permanent union

• Temporary contract of companionship

• Business-like partnership

Marriage within one’s clan or ethnic group is:

• Exogamy

• Endogamy

• Polygyny

• Monogamy