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Ties That Connect--Marriage, Family, and Kinship
True or False
1
Exogamy is the practice of seeking a mate from within your own group.
A)
True.
B)
False.
2
Serial polygamy is the practice of having many wives, but always one at a time.
A)
True.
B)
False.
3
Bride service is the practice of grooms living with and working for the family of the bride after marriage.
A)
True.
B)
False.
4
Incest taboos are based on the knowledge derived from the Human Genome project.
A)
True.
B)
False.
5
In America we have a kinship terminology system that belongs to the Iroquois category.
A)
True.
B)
False.
6
A clan is a group of people who can demonstrate through written genealogies that they are all related.
A)
True.
B)
False.
7
The Yanomamo of Brazil have a terminology system that uses one set of terms for offspring of both father's brother and mother's sister.
A)
True.
B)
False.
8
A clan is a group of people who claim relatedness through a common ancestor and may hold property in common.
A)
True.
B)
False.
9
In a matrilineal descent system women inherit positions of political power.
A)
True.
B)
False.
10
Lewis Henry Morgan is the anthropologist associated with the critique of the anthropological practice of grouping kinship systems together based on their common characteristics.
A)
True.
B)
False.
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