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1

What is the term for the permanent social unit whose members claim a common ancestry?
A)descent group
B)ambilineal group
C)extended family
D)nuclear family
E)None of the above.
2

What is the term for the nuclear family which is formed when one marries and has children?
A)family of procreation
B)zadruga
C)family of orientation
D)tarawads
E)clan
3

All of the following are features of the Bosnian zadruga, except:
A)the household is headed by a male household head and wife
B)it is a form of kin organization known as a descent group
C)each nuclear family has its own sleeping room
D)the zadruga is composed of married sons and their wives and children and unmarried sons and daughters
E)it is a patrilocal system
4

The following is true about a Nayar tarawad, except:
A)children are not considered relatives of their biological mother
B)it is a form of kin organization known as an extended family
C)it is a matrilineal system
D)married couples usually live separately, each at their own tarawad
E)itis headed by a senior woman and assisted by her brother
5

Which of the following is a kin unit formed when parents remarry and bring their children into a new household?
A)blended family
B)collateral household
C)nuclear family
D)expanded family household
E)none of the above
6

Which of the following terms refers to the descent system in which people trace descent through their mother?
A)matrilineal descent
B)ambilineal descent
C)unilinean descent
D)patrilineal descent
E)demonstrated descent
7

All of the following are true of a descent group that is organized as a clan, except:
A)members claim connection to an apical ancestor.
B)members use stipulated descent.
C)the apical ancestor is often a totem.
D)members typically practice a pre-industrial farming agriculture.
E)members can recite the names of their forebears back to their apical ancestor.
8

Under which post-marital residence rule do couples move to the wife's community?
A)patrilocal
B)matrilocal
C)unilocal
D)generational
E)neolocal
9

According to Edmund Leach, marriage can accomplish all of the following, except:
A)Give either or both spouse a monopoly in the other's sexuality.
B)Establish a joint fund or property–a partnership–for the benefit of the children.
C)Establish a socially significant relationship between spouses and their families.
D)Establish the legal father of a woman's children and the legal mother of a man's children.
E)All of the above statements about marriage are true.
10

What is endogamy?
A)It refers to the rules that dictate marriage outside a group to which a person belongs.
B)It is synonymous with cross cousin marriage.
C)It refers to the rules that dictate marriage within a group to which a person belongs.
D)It refers to forbidden sexual relations with a close relative.
E)It refers to the custom by which the children of two brothers or two sisters marry.
11

Which of the following statements about dowry is true?
A)Dowry is sometimes called progeny price.
B)Dowry and bridewealth are synonyms.
C)The dowry compensates the bride's kin for the loss of her companionship and labor.
D)Dowry refers to the gift given by the husband and his kin to the bride and her kin.
E)None of the above statements about dowry are true.
12

What is levirate marriage?
A)It refers to the kind of plural marriage in which the woman's husbands are all brothers.
B)It refers to the custom by which all the brothers of one family marry all of the sisters of another family.
C)It refers to the custom by which a widow marries the brother of her deceased husband.
D)It refers to the royal same-sex incest once practiced by traditional Hawaiians to concentrate mana.
E)All of the above are true statements about levirate marriage.
13

Which of the following is discussed in the textbook as a reason for the high rate of divorce in the U.S.?
A)The large percentage of gainfully employed women.
B)The value Americans place on independence.
C)The fact that Protestantism is less stringent on divorce.
D)The fact that notions of salvation in traditional Protestantism focus on the individual than on the household or family.
E)All of the above are discussed in the textbook as reasons for the high rate of divorce in the U.S.
14

Which of the following statements about polygyny is not true?
A)Even in societies where polygyny is practiced, most men are monogamous.
B)Polygyny can play an important role in the economic standing of a household, but it has little to do with political functions.
C)The custom of men marrying later in life than women promotes polygyny.
D)The number of wives is an indicator of a man's household productivity and social position.
E)Widows often make up a large number of the women involved in plural marriages.
15

Which of the following statements about polyandry is not true?
A)Most polyandrous societies are found in South Asia.
B)Polyandry is very rare.
C)Polyandry is often a cultural adaptation to male mobility often associated with trade or military operations.
D)Polyandry reduces the amount of land fragmentation between generations by limiting the number of wives and heirs.
E)All of the above statements about polyandry are true.





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