Question 1

Which of the following statements describes divorce among the Ju/'hoansi?

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A)   Divorce was impossible.
B)   Divorce was possible only if husbands repaid the bridewealth in full.
C)   Divorce was possible only if no children had been born to the married couple.
D)   Mutual consent was all that was required for divorce to occur.

Question 2

Americans tend to think that kinship mirrors biology. What do such kin terms as "aunt," "uncle," and "cousin" suggest about the cultural construction of the American kinship system?

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The kin terms "aunt," "uncle," and "cous...

Question 3

Which of the following statements describes the way migrants from Los Pinos handled the burden of separation from their families in the Dominican Republic?

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A)   The burden eventually grew so heavy that husbands stopped writing or telephoning their families, leaving their wives and children in Los Pinos on their own.
B)   The burden of separation was lightened by frequent communication, by visiting, and by the continued role of husband as breadwinner and main decision maker.
C)   The divorce rate in migrant families was much higher than the divorce rate in families that remained in Los Pinos.
D)   Both a and c are true.

Question 4

Kinship relationships based on birth are called

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A)   Descent.
B)   Marriage.
C)   Adoption.
D)   Matriliny.

Question 5

A kindred is composed of

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A)   Those people linked to Ego through men only.
B)   Those people linked to Ego through Ego's mother and Ego's father.
C)   Those people linked to Ego on the father's side only.
D)   Everyone related to Ego by consanguinity and affinity.

Question 6

According to Marilyn Strathern, the new reproductive technologies make clear that, in European American societies,

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A)   Kinship relations remain nonnegotiable.
B)   Even the world of natural facts is subject to social intervention.
C)   Kinship relations are negotiable.
D)   Both b and c

Question 7

A nonconjugal family consists of

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A)   Siblings who live together, regardless of where their parents live.
B)   A woman and her children.
C)   A man and a woman who live together but are not legally married.
D)   A husband and wife who no longer have sexual relations but still have children living with them.

Question 8

The North American kinship term aunt refers to

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A)   A woman who occupies a unique biological position.
B)   A woman who may be related to us in one of two different ways.
C)   A woman who may be related to us in one of four different ways.
D)   A kin category that is recognized in all human kinship systems.

Question 9

The cultural principle that defines social categories though culturally recognized parent-child connections is known as

Accepted Answer

A)   Affinity.
B)   Bilaterality.
C)   Consanguinity.
D)   Descent.

Question 10

In the Latin American practice of ritual coparenthood called compadrazgo, the most important relationship is between

Accepted Answer

A)   The baptized child and the child's godparents.
B)   The parents of the baptized child and the child's godparents.
C)   The baptized child and the children of the child's godparents.
D)   The parents of the baptized child and the godparents' children.

Question 11

Matrilineages have long been misunderstood by Westerners because we assume

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A)   The existence of male dominance.
B)   The existence of hierarchy.
C)   That women never have social power.
D)   All of the above.

Question 12

Gay and lesbian activists studied by Kath Weston in San Francisco in the 1980s based their theory of family ties on

Accepted Answer

A)   Birth.
B)   Descent.
C)   Marriage.
D)   Nurturance.

Question 13

Which of the following would NOT belong to a man's matrilineage?

Accepted Answer

A)   His daughter.
B)   His mother.
C)   His sister.
D)   His sister's son.

Question 14

Names among the Iñupiat are

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A)   Important because names contain personal essence that attaches to the baby who gets the name.
B)   Given because someone sees something in the baby that indicates a direct connection with someone who is deceased.
C)   The way of establishing how the new bearer of the name will be related to the relatives of the person who gives the name.
D)   All of the above are true of names among the Iñupiat.

Question 15

Which of the following statements describes the attitude of Mende women toward the education of their children?

Accepted Answer

A)   They favor informal instruction in traditional Mende customs to formal schooling.
B)   They care about their children's formal education because better-educated children earn more, and Mende women depend on their children to support them in old age.
C)   They are more concerned to educate their daughters than their sons, because educated daughters bring in more bridewealth when they marry.
D)   They believe that husbands should pay for their wives' education first, so the women can support themselves and pay for their children's education if the husband dies.

Question 16

Kinship terminologies suggest

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A)   The boundaries of the significant groups in the society.
B)   Where cleavages within groups are likely to occur.
C)   The structure of rights and obligations assigned to different members of the society.
D)   All of the above.

Question 17

The central person around which any kinship diagram is organized is known as

Accepted Answer

A)   Ego.
B)   Cross-cousin.
C)   Parallel cousin.
D)   Mother's brother's daughter.

Question 18

What does it mean to say that lineage organization can function as the foundation of social life? Give examples.

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Question 19

In the vocabulary of kinship studies, father's sister's children and mother's brother's children are called

Accepted Answer

A)   Parallel cousins.
B)   Cross-cousins.
C)   First cousins.
D)   Second cousins.

Question 20

The kinship tie created by birth is called

Accepted Answer

A)   Collaterality.
B)   Bifurcation.
C)   Affinity.
D)   Consanguinity.

Exam 11: Where Do Our Relatives Come From and Why Do They Matter

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