Anth 101 Chapter 10 – Flashcards

Clan

Affinal Relationship

Marriage

Arranged Marriage

Companionate Marriage

Polygyny

Polyandry

Monogamy

Incest taboo

Exogamy

Endogamy

Bridewealth

Dowry

Family of Orientation

Family of Procreation

Patrilineal

Matrilineal

Which of the following types of descent groups traces kinship through both the mother and the father? A. unilineal B. monolineal C. bilineal D. ambilineal E. polylineal

Individuals learn basic patterns of human behavior from their families in a process termed:

Kinship includes:

Which of the following phenomenon is currently placing stress on kinship systems worldwide?

Which of the following statements about kinship is true? A. Kinship is the system that determines who is related to whom in a given society. B. Kinship groups arise predominantly around the nuclear family. C. Unlike other aspects of culture, kinship is understood similarly across all cultures. D. Kinship is not influenced by nonbiological relationships such as marriage. E. Kinship is the only means through which humans form groups in any given society.

Enculturation that takes place within a family shapes individuals' lives: A. outside of the household, including ways they think about gender roles, the division of labor, religious practices, warfare, politics, migration, and nationalism. B. outside of the household, including ways they think about issues like warfare, politics, migration, and nationalism, but not issues like gender roles, the division of labor, and religious practices. C. inside of the household only, and never shapes individuals' lives outside of the household. D. outside of the household, including ways they think about issues like gender roles, the division of labor, and religious practices, but not issues like warfare, politics, migration, and nationalism. E. until they reach adulthood and start their own families, at which point the enculturation of their youth ceases to shape the way they think about gender roles, the division of labor, religious practices, warfare, politics, migration, and nationalism.

Clans that do not permit marriages within the group are considered:

Similar to membership in a family, citizenship in a nation-state derives mostly from:

Looking cross-culturally, anthropologists argue that:

Individuals in descent groups whose primary relationships are determined in the United States via "blood" relations are generally called which of the following types of relatives?

Discussions regarding same-sex marriage in the United States are a clear example of changing patterns of:

Changing patterns over time demonstrate that marriage, family, and kinship are cultural:

Both matrilineal and patrilineal patterns of descent build kinship groups through either one genealogical line (the mother's side) or the other (the father's side), which reflects which type of descent?