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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)family of procreation
2

What is the term for the nuclear family that 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)it is headed by a senior woman who is 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)family of procreation
6

Typical middle-class Brazilians usually would define their families as including:
A)spouse 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)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..
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

Under which form of post-marital residence rules systems does a couple move to a location different from either spouse’s community?
A)patrilocal
B)matrilocal
C)unilocal
D)generational
E)neolocal
12

Which of the following kinship terminologies is commonly found in societies with neolocal post-marital residence rules?
A)lineal
B)bifurcate merging
C)generational
D)bifurcate collateral
E)bilineal collateral
13

Which of the following kinship terminologies is commonly found in societies with unilocal post-marital residence rules?
A)lineal
B)bifuracte merging
C)generational
D)bifurcate collateral
E)bilineal collateral
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)bilineal collateral
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)bifurcate collateral
E)bilineal collateral







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