Deck 8: Kinship and Domestic Life

Question 1

The incest taboo __________.

A)applies only to sexual intercourse, not marriage
B)leads to exogamy
C)forbids marriage or sexual intercourse with the same set of relatives in all cultures
D)is the rule that universally prevents cousin marriage
E)has no apparent useful function in society

Answer 1

leads to exogamy

Question 2

The stem household is most commonly found in __________.

A) the United States and Canada
B) Papua New Guinea
C) East Asia (China and Japan)
D) South Asia (especially India)
E) sub-Saharan Africa

Answer 2

East Asia (China and Japan)

Question 3

Brideservice involves __________.

A)The groom working for the bride's family
B)The bride working for the groom's family
C)Either the bride or groom working for their family of marriage
D)All of the above
E)None of the above

Answer 3

The groom working for the bride's family

Question 4

Large extended households are most prevalent in the __________ mode of livelihood.

A)circumpolar foraging
B)socialism
C)industrialism/digital economy
D)temperate-climate foraging
E)agriculture

Question 5

Compared to a family, a household may include __________.

A)people who do not live together
B)people who are not related by kinship
C)fewer than four people
D)children
E)none of the above: anthropologists use these terms as exact synonyms

Question 6

The system of descent in which kinship is traced through the female line is called __________.

A)matriarchal
B)fostering
C)bilineal
D)matrilineal
E)feminism

Question 7

Bilineal kinship is more characteristic of foraging and industrial/digital societies than of the other three modes of livelihood.

Question 8

According to the textbook, kinship is based on which three factors?

A)love, respect, and caring
B)descent, divorce and fate
C)descent, sharing and marriage
D)genetics, language, and learning
E)sharing, adoption and marriage

Question 9

Nuclear households are associated with which two modes of livelihood?

A)agriculture and industrialism/digital economy
B)agriculture and horticulture
C)industrialism/digital economy and horticulture
D)industrialism/digital economy and foraging
E)pastoralism and agriculture

Question 10

In a patrilineal kinship system, a married couple is most likely to reside __________.

A)with or near the parents of the bride
B)with the bride's family for the first year and then with the groom's family
C)with or near the bride's mother's brother
D)alternating between the bride's family and the groom's family
E)with or near the parents of the groom

Question 11

Bilineal descent systems are __________.

A)always found in pastoralist societies
B)found to exist only in people's myths, never reality
C)the most common descent system known
D)most clearly linked with tropical horticulture
E)less common than unilineal descent systems

Question 12

An example of kinship established through sharing is __________.

A)brideprice
B)marriage
C)godparenthood
D)descent
E)double descent

Question 13

The research tool showing the relatives known by an individual or "ego" is a(n) __________.

A) extended family
B) life history
C) kinship diagram
D) descent system
E) genealogy

Question 14

Unilineal descent systems __________.

A)include all biological relatives from the in the lineage group
B)are found in about 60 percent of the world's cultures
C)are on the decline due to globalization
D)place a high value on female roles and inheritance
E)all of the above

Question 15

Which of the following statements about the Minangkabau culture is accurate?

A)It is the world's largest matrilineal culture.
B)Fewer Minangkabau now practice the kula.
C)The traditional heartland is based in Malaysia.
D)Most Minangkabau are Christians.
E)Tigers are the most important animal in terms of symbolism.

Question 16

Compared to states in northern India, states in southern India have __________.

A)lower population density
B)lower fertility rates
C)higher literacy rates
D)less severe gender inequality
E)all of the above.

Question 17

The naming system in rural Hong Kong reflects the power, importance, and autonomy of males.

Question 18

Brideprice refers to __________.

A)the sale of women at auction to the highest bidder
B)the joint contribution by the bride's and groom's families to the couple
C)a gift to the groom's family from the bride's side
D)the exchange of women between two matrilineal groups
E)a gift to the bride's family from the groom's side

Question 19

A factor in high rates of wife abuse in rural Kentucky is __________.

A)men's heavy use of marijuana
B)geographical isolation
C)lack of police staffing
D)women's unusual degree of economic independence that men find threatening
E)women's better level of education than men's which threatens the men

Question 20

Neolocal residence for married couples is associated with __________.

A)a foraging mode of livelihood
B)Western industrialized society
C)bilineal kinship systems
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Question 21

Minangkabau and Navajo are examples of a __________ culture.

Question 22

The stem household is common throughout Europe.

Question 23

A rule that says a person must find a marriage partner from outside their village is called exogamy.

Question 24

A world center of finance and trade, Hong Kong lacks natural resources and agricultural land, so it imports most of its food and raw materials.

Question 25

In Niger, the current marriage crisis is caused by the fact that many young men cannot raise the necessary funds for the brideprice and additional gifts to the bride's family.

Question 26

In comparison with northern states of India, the southern states have higher literacy rates.

Question 27

The Republic of Ghana has rich natural resources and exports gold, timber, and cocoa.

Question 28

A major cause of the "marriage crisis" throughout sub-Saharan Africa is the high rate of unemployment about marriage-age men.

Question 29

In South India, cross-cousin marriage is a preferred form of marriage.

Question 30

The major ethnic group in Ghana are the Akan.

Question 31

Brideprice is more common in foraging societies than in other modes of livelihood.

Question 32

Most of the Kelabit people of Malaysia live in the highlands.

Question 33

The three bases of kinship described in the textbook are __________, sharing, and marriage.

Question 34

Cultural anthropologists generally accept that marriage involves a binding union between a man and woman such that children born to them are considered legitimate by society.

Question 35

Most cultural anthropologists would accept as the minimal accepted definition of marriage a "union between two or more people."

Question 36

In the United States, notions of romantic love are more strongly held by Euro-American women than by African-American women.

Question 37

When marriage involves a woman of lower status than the man, this is referred to as isogamy.

Question 38

Adopting a child forms kinship bonds that the textbook categorizes as sharing-based.

Question 39

The study of wife abuse in rural Kentucky found that the primary challenge was that women were unwilling to take advantage of existing social services and law enforcement.

Question 40

The popularity of Western-style 'white weddings' is growing in much of East Asia but not in India.

Question 41

Located in the southeastern United States, in the wider Appalachian region, the state of __________ has more farmers per square mile than any other state and a per capita income that is 43rd in the 50 states.

Question 42

What is unilineal descent and with which modes of livelihood is it most associated? Discuss an ethnographic example.

Question 43

What are key features of Minangkabau culture of Indonesia and what changes are they experiencing today?

Question 44

In brother-sister relationships in Beirut, Lebanon, the dominant sibling is the __________.

Question 45

Pots, bowls, ornamental glass, and cookware are examples of __________ gifts in Ghana.

Question 46

The case of Nadia, an 18-year-old Norwegian citizen, involves the clash between Norwegian values about marriage and those of her family's home country of __________.

Question 47

Describe three criteria of spouse selection.

Question 48

A nuclear household which contains one or more adult children, as is becoming increasingly common in the United States, is referred to as a ___________.

Question 49

Compared to village exogamy, the practice of village ___________

Question 50

A marriage transfer that flows from the bride's side to the groom's is __________.

Question 51

Discuss the three bases of kinship discussed in the textbook.

Question 52

Define the incest taboo and some important cross-cultural variations in it.

Question 53

Migration, economic change, female employment, and poverty are all examples of forces of change in __________ household arrangements.

Question 54

When goods and money go from the bride's family to the groom's family, this is referred to as __________.

Question 55

How does the mode of livelihood affect kinship systems? Give concrete examples.

Question 56

Present key findings of cultural anthropologists on adoption and fostering of children.

Question 57

Discuss how patrilineal descent shapes naming practices in a Chinese village of rural Hong Kong Territory.

Question 58

With the rise of industrialization and urbanization, the existence of the __________ household tradition in Borneo is declining or disappearing.

Question 59

__________ is the term that applies to marriages between one man and several women.

Question 60

In Japan, the stem household includes the parents and one of their ___________ with spouse and children.

Question 61

Describe one aspect of intrahousehold relationships with an ethnographic example.

Question 62

Define a nuclear household and an extended household. Describe how two of the differences are related to the modes of livelihood with which the household types are associated.

Question 63

Describe two different economic transfers involved in marriage arrangements and their implications for the status of the bride and groom.

Question 64

Discuss the varying role of romantic love in spouse/partner selection.

Question 65

Discuss how and why household structure is changing in contemporary times. Provide one example of such change.

Question 66

How do the terms "family" and "household" differ from each other? Define each and explain the contrasts and similarities. Draw a kinship diagram of your family and then draw a diagram of your household

Question 67

What findings did ethnographic research in rural Kentucky provide to help prevent wife abuse there?

Question 68

Discuss key findings about husband-wife relationships cross-culturally and in Japan.

Question 69

How is marriage changing in contemporary cultures?