Deck 4: Patterns of Family Relations

Question 1

Why do rural Chinese men require male children?

A) Producing a male child demonstrates virility.
B) Male children are required to maintain a man's lineage.
C) Only men can inherit property.
D) Rural Chinese society is a patriarchy.

Answer 1

Male children are required to maintain a man's lineage.

Question 2

In Ju/wasi society, brideservice refers to the:

A) wealth given to the bride's parents.
B) work a bride does for the groom's parents.
C) work a groom does for the bride's parents.
D) wealth given to the groom's parents.

Answer 2

work a groom does for the bride's parents.

Question 3

What is one consequence of the Trobriand kin structure?

A) A man has increased concern for his own children.
B) A man is responsible for his brother's children.
C) A man's main interest is in his sister's children.
D) A man is not allowed to see his own children.

Answer 3

A man's main interest is in his sister's children.

Question 4

A traditional Chinese marriage is best described as a relationship between:

A) a young man and a young woman.
B) the bride and groom's families.
C) the bride and her in-laws' ancestors.
D) the parents-in-law and the daughter-in-law.

Question 5

One way to learn about family norms and cultural values in another society is to:

A) watch popular soap operas.
B) read articles.
C) listen and observe how people interact.
D) analyze demographic data.

Question 6

In contrast to American soap operas, what is the common focus of Brazilian soap operas?

A) The nuclear family
B) The family of orientation
C) The family of procreation
D) The individual family

Question 7

Among the Ju/wasi the basic social group is:

A) a husband, wife and their children.
B) pairs of related siblings.
C) Elderly leaders, all their offspring and their spouses.
D) people who own waterholes.

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT usually part of a traditional Chinese dowry?

A) A house
B) Clothing
C) Furniture
D) Cosmetics

Question 9

What does a woman gain from having lovers in Ju/wasi society?

A) Equality in some situations
B) More yams and pigs
C) Increased social prestige
D) Nothing

Question 10

In Trobriand society, a man inherits property from whom?

A) His father's brothers
B) His mother's brothers
C) His wife's father
D) His own father

Question 11

In rural China, how are kin networks usually structured?

A) Around matrilineal nuclear ties
B) Around bilateral nuclear ties
C) Around patrilineal extended ties
D) According to age and social status

Question 12

Among the Trobrianders, a "baloma" is a:

A) vengeful ancestor spirit that punishes social transgressors.
B) spirit that brings good luck to hunters.
C) spirit that represents the dead who did not receive a proper burial.
D) spirit child which will eventually enter the womb of a woman of the same matrilineage as itself.

Question 13

In the creation myth of the Trobriand Islanders, each dala or lineage originated

A) with a mother and father.
B) with a son and father.
C) with a brother and sister.
D) with a daughter and mother.

Question 14

If a Trobriand girl's parents approve her marriage:

A) they bring cooked yams to her at her boyfriend's house.
B) they are required to slaughter a big and hold a feast.
C) they arrange a community-wide feast.
D) they perform a series of songs addressed to the couple.

Question 15

People with "bilateral kinship" generally:

A) reside in nuclear families.
B) recognize their mother's and father's families as kin.
C) only consider their father's family as kin.
D) only consider their mother's family as kin.

Question 16

Unlike Trobriand women, which of these must a Chinese rural women possess in order to be a marriageable bride?

A) Her virginity.
B) Evidence of sexual experience.
C) A dowry.
D) A wedding gown.

Question 17

A matrilineal society emphasizes kinship ties to an individual's:

A) parents.
B) father.
C) mother.
D) in-laws.

Question 18

Which of these is an example of an exogamous marriage?

A) Marriage between family members.
B) Marriage outside of one's religious faith.
C) Marriage between classmates.
D) Marriage with someone from another state.

Question 19

Bridewealth is usually given to whom?

A) The kin of a bride, particularly her father.
B) The father of a groom, as payment for accepting a daughter-in-law.
C) The bride, as a form of marriage insurance.
D) The groom, as payment for taking a man's daughter off his hands.

Question 20

A Ju/wasi woman is prohibited from marrying both close kin and:

A) a man from the same camp.
B) a man she has chosen herself.
C) a man who has the same first name as her father.
D) a man her age.

Question 21

The successful completion of which exchange cycle ensures the stability of a marriage in Trobriand society?

A) Yams and banana leaf bundles
B) Potatoes and meat
C) Bride service and dowry
D) Fertility rites and children

Question 22

What is the major threat to family stability among the Ju/wasi?

A) Property conflicts between siblings.
B) Arguments between husbands and wives over infidelity.
C) Conflicts over food distribution.
D) Disagreements between men and their fathers-in-law over labor demands.

Question 23

In Chinese society, a man's identity is defined by his relationship to the dead as much as by his relationship to the living.

Question 24

Ju/wasi communities are organized bilaterally and linked to specific water sources.

Question 25

The biggest threat to a traditional Chinese family is:

A) a daughter's absence.
B) a wife's infidelity.
C) a son's absence.
D) conflict between husband and wife.

Question 26

Most American families are based on bilateral kin ties.

Question 27

Most societies observe an incest taboo prohibiting marriage between members of a nuclear family.

Question 28

What form of inheritance is practiced when a man's property is divided equally among his children after he dies?

A) Paternal
B) Partible
C) Bilateral
D) Impartible

Question 29

A married Trobriand woman emphasizes her

A) sexuality and beauty.
B) her housekeeping skills.
C) her fertility and role as a mother.
D) her ability as a yam farmer.

Question 30

In traditional Chinese society, what is the most important family relationship?

A) Father and son
B) Husband and wife
C) Sister and brother
D) Mother and daughter

Question 31

The most serious threat to family stability in Trobriand society is:

A) incestuous relationships.
B) conflicts between men and their in-laws over labor obligations.
C) threats to the matrilineage.
D) adultery.

Question 32

Rural Chinese society is organized in patrilineal extended households.

Question 33

In Trobriand society, men inherit property from their mother's brothers.

Question 34

In a patrilineal kinship system, the female line is totally ignored.

Question 35

Temporal depth in Chinese society refers to which of these?

A) The long and complex history of Chinese civilization
B) The deep ties between families in Chinese communities
C) The bilateral ancestors in a family
D) The patrilineal male ancestors in a family

Question 36

The practice of a woman having more than one husband is known as

A) polygamy.
B) polygyny.
C) polyandry.
D) polymorphy.

Question 37

One reason that Ju/wasi parents arrange marriages for their daughters to acquire the labor of sons-in-law.

Question 38

Traditionally, Trobriand Islanders believed that men are not needed for conception to occur.

Question 39

Most Trobriand Island villages are organized into nuclear families.

Question 40

In traditional Chinese society, a wife acquires full status in her husband's family:

A) when she marries.
B) when she has one child.
C) when her mother-in-law dies.
D) when she produces a male child.

Question 41

Trobrianders must observe clan exogamy when planning to marry.

Question 42

Polygamy is uncommon among the Ju/wasi because it causes jealousy and disharmony.

Question 43

Romantic love and sexuality are of little importance the relations between husbands and wives in traditional Chinese societies.

Question 44

Trobriand chiefs don't have to concern themselves with beauty since their position insures a ready supply of females.

Question 45

Dramatic splits among fathers and sons occur fairly often in traditional China.