Anthropology 102 - Human Ways of Life » Spring 2021 » Topic 12 Kinship

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Question #1
Your matrilineal cross-cousins would be your mother’s sister’s children.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #2
In unilineal descent groups, brothers and sisters do not belong to the same family because daughters belong to their mother’s lineage and sons belong to their father’s lineage.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #3
Matrilineal societies concept of family relationships:
A.   doesn't have a concept of incest
B.   means that fathers and daughters are not related
C.   allows sons to marry anyone related to them through their mother
D.   means that fathers and daughters are not related, doesn't have a concept of incest and allows sons to marry anyone related to them through their mother
Question #4
You are related to everyone in both your mother and your father’s families in a bilateral kinship system.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #5
The matrilineal family members who must repay a dead man’s debts upon his death in Trobriands are called:
A.   Workers
B.   Buyers
C.   Owners
D.   Sellers
Question #6
In a unilineal descent system, your cross cousins are your preferred marriage partners because they do not belong to your family.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #7
In the matrilineal Trobriand Islands, a child’s most important male family member is:
A.   the father
B.   the father’s brother
C.   the mother’s brother, the father’s brother and the father
D.   the mother’s brother

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