1. Descent group membership based on links through either the maternal or the paternal line, but not both is known as _____
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Unilineal Descent
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2. He pattern of close ties and frequent visits by immigrants to their home countries is known as_____
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Transnationalism
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3. Transmigrants are the mmigrants who maintain close relations with their _____ countries.
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Home
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4. The transfer of office or social position between generations is known as _____
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Succession
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5. A form of sociopolitical organization in which multiple descent groups (usually patrilineages) form at different levels and function in same contexts is known as Segmentary Lineage System.
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False
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6. Patrilocal is a system of residence in which the bride and her _____ live with her husband’s family after marriage.
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Children
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7. Patrilineal Descent is a rule that affiliates a person to kin of both sexes through _____ only.
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Males
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8. Patrilineage is a lineage formed by descent in the _____ line.
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Male
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9. Parallel Cousins are children of a parent’s _____
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Same sex siblings
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10. Any system of descent in which both the father’s and mother’s lineages have equal claim to the individual is known as _____
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Nonunilineal Descent
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11. Matrilocal Residence is a system of residence in which a husband lives with or near his wife’s kin_____
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After marriage
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12. Matrilineal Descent is a rule that affiliates a person to kin of both sexes through _____ only.
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Females
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13. Matrilineage is a lineage formed by descent in the _____ line.
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Female
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14. Lineal Kin is a kin related in _____
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Single unbroken
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15. Lineage is a group of kin whose members trace descent from_____ ancestor.
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Known common
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16. The words used to identify different categories of kin in a particular culture refers to Kinship Terminology.
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True
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17. Kinship is the totality of _____ in a society.
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All of these
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18. Kinship is a culturally defined relationship established on the basis of _____
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Both a and b
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19. A unique kin network made up of all the people related to a specific individual in a bilateral kinship system is known as_____
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Kindred
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20. Inheritance is the transfer of _____ between generations.
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Property
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21. A rule specifying that a person must marry outside a particular group is known as _____
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Exogamy
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22. The tracing of descent through both matrilineal and patrilineal links, each of which is used for different purposes is known as_____
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Double Descent
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23. Descent Group is a group of kin who are descendants of a common ancestor, extending beyond _____ generations.
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Two
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24. Descent is the culturally established affiliation between a child and _____
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Both a and b
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25. Cross-Cousins means the children of a parent’s _____ of the opposite sex.
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Siblings
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26. Consanguineal describes relations by descent.
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True
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27. Collateral Kin is a kin descended from _____ ancestor but not in a direct ascendant or descendant line.
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Common
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28. A unilineal kinship group whose members believe themselves to be descended from a common ancestor but who cannot trace this link through known relatives is known as _____
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Clan
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29. System of descent under which individuals are equally affiliated with their mother’s and their father’s descent group is known as Bilateral Descent.
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True
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30. A principle of classifying kin under which similar kinship terms are used for the mother’s side of the family and the father’s side of the family is known as Bifurcation.
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False
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31. A form of bilateral descent in which an individual may choose to affiliate with either their father’s or mother’s descent group is known as_____
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Ambilineal Descent
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32. Relatives by marriage; in-laws refer to _____
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Affinal
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33. Which of the following kinship descriptions is a means of distinguishing between a mother’s kin and a father’s kin within the same family?
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Side of the family
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34. Which of the kinship systems outlined by Henry Louis Morgan is most like the ones commonly found in industrial and postindustrial societies today?
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Eskimo
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35. Which of the following of Lewis Henry Morgan’s kinship systems is matrilineal?
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Crow
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36. Which kinship system described by Lewis Henry Morgan is most associated with ambilineality and ambilocality?
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Hawaiian
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37. The term cross-cousins describes the children of someone’s ______.
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Mother’s brother
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38. In anthropological terms, the side of the family is used to distinguish which aspect of kinship?
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Relatives of the mother from relatives of the father
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39. Consanguineal kin is distinguished from other types of kin relationships because they are related by ______.
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Descent
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40. When a society uses different terminology to distinguish between kindred relationships, such as mother or mother-in-law, this means ______.
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They serve different social roles in the kinship system
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41. In a ______ kinship system, a wife lives with her husband’s family after marriage.
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Patrilocal
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42. While rules about descent may be contested and change over time, which of the following lineage system has been most common in the United States?
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Bilateral descent
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43. The Korean village of Pine Tree emphasizes patrilineality. Who receives inheritance of a family’s property?
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The inheritance goes mostly to the eldest son.
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44. What does it mean that lineages can be considered “corporate groups”?
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They own land and other productive resources as a unit.
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45. Which of the following terms refers to a group of kin that can trace their relations back to a common ancestor?
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Clan
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46. ______ refers to how kinship serves as a basis for the transfer
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Inheritance
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47. They ways in which a society classifies kinship relations ____
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Are cultural and vary between societies
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