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WorksheetsTopic:Family, marriage and kinship
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 9mins
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1.
Which of the following is not true about kinship?
a)
It refers only to the biological ties to other
people that people recognize.
b)
t
refers to one's relationship to members of one's immediate family.
c)
It refers to one's relationship to members of one's extended
family.
d)
It
may refer to cultural ties to other people modeled on biological ones.
2.
In the diagrams devised by anthropologists to represent kinship ties, a vertical line represents:
a)
Marriage between two people.
b)
The offspring from a marriage.
c)
Sibling relationships.
d)
Gender of family members.
3.
Polyandry means:
a)
Any marriage system that allows multiple spouses.
b)
A man having several wives.
c)
A marriage involving just one spouse.
d)
A woman having multiple husbands.
4.
A bilateral system of descent:
a)
Can fulfill every society's cultural needs.
b)
Recognizes both parents' descent lines.
c)
Does not make biological sense.
d)
Is the most common descent organizer in the world.
5.
In unilineal descent systems:
a)
Men and women inherit property equally.
b)
Residence rules apply to one gender only.
c)
Individuals recognize both sides of the family.
d)
Some biological relatives are not included in one's kin group.
6.
Which of the following is least likely to be influenced by a patrilineal descent arrangement?
a)
Property ownership.
b)
Leadership status.
c)
Inheritance of land.
d)
One's occupation.
7.
Kinship where an individual is a member of the mother's descent line is called:
a)
Matriarchal.
b)
Feminist.
c)
Bilateral.
d)
Matrilineal.
8.
Parallel cousins are:
a)
The children of same-sex siblings (father's brother's or mother's sister's)
b)
The children of opposite-sex siblings (father's sister's or mother's brother's).
c)
Important in the Eskimo kinship system.
d)
Not useful in the Omaha kinship system
9.
The incest taboo:
a)
Forbids mating with the same relatives in all societies.
b)
Applies only to biological relationships.
c)
Is linked to kinship terminology.
d)
Only has a biological function in society
10.
Several polyandrous societies are found in the mountainous country of Tibet because:
a)
Because polyandry ensures that land - which is scarce - will be inherited through men.
b)
Because polyandry ensures that land - which is scarce - will be inherited through women.
c)
Polyandry has nothing to do with land - it occurs because many women in Tibet join Buddhist convents, thus producing a critical shortage of available females.
d)
Polyandry has nothing to do with land - it occurs because many men in Tibet join Buddhist monasteries, thus producing a critical shortage of available males
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