CHAPTER 11 - KINSHIP

KINSHIP

A. A biological system based only on genetic relationships
B. The system of meaning and power that cultures create to determine relationships and define expectations, rights, and responsibilities
C. A legal system regulating family relationships
D. A social structure based only on marriage

NUCLEAR FAMILY

A. A kinship group including extended relatives and ancestors
B. The kinship unit of mother, father, and children
C. A group formed through adoption and fostering
D. A symbolic representation of family ties

DESCENT GROUP

A. A group formed through marriage alliances
B. A kinship group tracing relationships through certain blood relatives
C. A group based on shared residence only
D. A political organization

LINEAGE

A. A group without any ancestral connection
B. A descent group tracing genealogical connections to a founding ancestor
C. A marriage-based kinship system
D. A symbolic kinship group

CLAN

A. A descent group with exact genealogical records
B. A group claiming a common ancestor without documented genealogy
C. A nuclear family unit
D. A group formed through marriage

MATRILINEAL DESCENT

A. Membership passes from father to son
B. Membership passes from mother to daughter
C. Membership is traced equally through both parents
D. Membership is based on marriage

PATRILINEAL DESCENT

A. Membership passes from mother to daughter
B. Membership passes from father to son
C. Membership is traced through both parents
D. Membership is based on residence

AMBILINEAL DESCENT

A. Membership passes only through fathers
B. Membership passes only through mothers
C. Membership is traced through both father and mother
D. Membership is determined by marriage

AFFINAL RELATIONSHIP

A. A relationship based on shared ancestry
B. A relationship established through marriage rather than biology
C. A relationship based on co-residence
D. A relationship based on adoption only

MARRIAGE

A. A purely biological relationship
B. A socially recognized relationship involving intimacy and rights such as property or inheritance
C. A legal contract without cultural meaning
D. A system of reproduction only

ARRANGED MARRIAGE

A. A marriage based on personal choice and love
B. A marriage organized by families of the individuals
C. A marriage based on economic exchange only
D. A marriage without social recognition

COMPANIONATE MARRIAGE

A. A marriage based on family obligation
B. A marriage based on love, intimacy, and personal choice
C. A marriage arranged by elders
D. A marriage based on economic exchange

POLYGYNY

A. One woman married to multiple men
B. One man married to multiple women
C. Two partners in a marriage
D. Sequential marriage over time

POLYANDRY

A. One man married to multiple women
B. One woman married to multiple men
C. Marriage between two partners
D. Marriage based on love only

MONOGAMY

A. Marriage between multiple partners
B. Marriage between only two partners
C. Marriage based on family arrangement
D. Marriage based on descent

SERIAL MONOGAMY

A. Multiple partners at the same time
B. One partner at a time, but multiple marriages over a lifetime
C. Marriage within kinship groups
D. Marriage outside kinship groups

INCEST TABOO

A. Rules encouraging marriage within families
B. Cultural rules forbidding sexual relations with close relatives
C. Laws regulating inheritance
D. Rules about marriage exchange

EXOGAMY

A. Marriage within the kinship group
B. Marriage outside the kinship group
C. Marriage based on class
D. Marriage based on religion

ENDOGAMY

A. Marriage outside the kinship group
B. Marriage within the kinship group
C. Marriage based on love
D. Marriage based on law

BRIDEWEALTH

A. Payment from bride’s family to groom’s family
B. Payment from groom’s family to bride’s family
C. Exchange between equals
D. Government taxation

DOWRY

A. Payment from groom’s family to bride’s family
B. Payment from bride’s family to groom’s family
C. Exchange between families equally
D. A form of inheritance only

What did Evans-Pritchard find about the Nuer?

A. They were matrilineal
B. They were patrilineal, passing membership from father to son
C. They followed ambilineal descent
D. They had no kinship system

What did Gough find?

A. Kinship patterns are universal
B. Kinship patterns may be situational and not universal
C. Kinship is biologically fixed
D. Kinship does not chang

What did Guest find?

A. Kinship systems are stable and unchanging
B. Globalization makes kinship more fluid and flexible
C. Kinship is purely biological
D. Migration has no effect

What did Hirsch (2007) find?

A. Love eliminated inequality
B. Love can coexist with gender inequality
C. Marriage is unrelated to migration
D. Love is universal and identical

What changed in Brazil? (Medeiros 2014)

A. Women lost independence
B. Economic independence led to more divorces initiated by women
C. Marriage became arranged
D. Tourism had no effect

What creates kinship? - Langkawi (Carsten 1997)

A. Only biological ties
B. Living and eating together
C. Marriage only
D. Legal systems

What did Stack (1974) show? - Chicago Networks

A. Black families were dysfunctional
B. Extended and fictive kin networks supported survival
C. Kinship is only biological
D. Families were isolated

What did Anderson (1983) argue? - IMAGINED COMMUITES

A. Nations are based only on biology
B. Nations create shared identity among strangers
C. Nations are unrelated to kinship
D. Nations are purely economic

What did Carsten (2004) suggest?

A. Nationalism ignores kinship
B. Nationalism uses kinship ideas to create connection
C. Kinship is unrelated to politics
D. Nations are biological groups

What are chosen families? (Weston 1991)

A. Only biological families
B. Families formed through social relationships and choice
C. Legal families only
D. Temporary groups

What do Reproductive technologies do?

A. Have no effect on kinship
B. Raise questions about parenthood and rights
C. Replace families
D. Eliminate reproduction

What did anthropology conclude about Same-Sex Families?

A. Marriage must be heterosexual
B. There is no single universal definition of family or marriage
C. Families must follow one model
D. Same-sex families are rare

What did Coe find about Ghana Migration?

A. Migration has no impact
B. Kinship is changing through migration and care systems
C. Families are disappearing
D. Elder care is unchanged

A group traces membership through fathers. What is this?

A. Matrilineal descent
B. Patrilineal descent
C. Ambilineal descent
D. Affinal ties

A person marries outside their group. What is this?

A. Endogamy
B. Exogamy
C. Polygyny
D. Monogamy

People become family by living together. What is this?

A. Biological kinship
B. Socially constructed kinship
C. Genetic inheritance
D. Legal kinship

Migration changes family roles and care systems. What is this?

A. Static kinship
B. Globalization reshaping kinship
C. Biological determinism
D. Cultural isolation