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Kottak: Cultural Anthropology 9e
Cultural Anthropology, 9/e
Conrad P. Kottak, University of Michigan

Families, Kinship, and Descent

Multiple Choice Quiz

Please answer all questions



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, formed when one marries and has children? a
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)It is 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

Typical middle-class Brazilians usually would define their families as:
A)spouses and children
B)parents and siblings
C)parents, siblings, siblings spouses, and children
D)parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins, and children
E)spouse, parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins, and children
7

Which of the following terms means that people get to choose which lineage to join?
A)matrilineal descent
B)ambilineal descent
C)unilineal descent
D)patrilineal descent
E)demonstrated descent
8

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)Ihe 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.
9

Under which form of post-marital residence rules systems do couples move to the wife's community?
A)patrilocal
B)matrilocal
C)unilocal
D)generational
E)neolocal
10

Which of the following kinship terminologies is typically found in societies in which the ambilineal descent group is the most important kin group?
A)lineal
B)bifurcate merging
C)generational
D)bifurcate collateral
E)none of the above
11

Which of the following kinship terminologies is not specifically found in societies with any one form of kinship system?
A)lineal
B)bifurcate merging
C)generational
D)bifurcate collateral
E)none of the above
12

Which of the following kinship terminologies is found among societies of a variety with post-marital residence rules?
A)lineal
B)bifurcate merging
C)generational
D)bifurcate collateral
E)none of the above
13

Which of the following kinship terminologies is commonly found in societies with unilocal post-marital residence rules?
A)lineal
B)bifurcate merging
C)generational
D)bifurcate collateral
E)none of the above
14

Which of the following kinship terminologies is found in societies with a variety of economic systems?
A)lineal
B)bifurcate merging
C)generational
D)bifurcate collateral
E)none of the above
15

Which of the following kinship terminologies is found in societies with an industrial or foraging economy?
A)lineal
B)bifurcate merging
C)generational
D)bifurcae collateral
E)none of the above