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cult Anthro ch 10
cult anthro: the human challenge ch 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A network of relatives within which individuals possess certain mutual rights and obligations. | kinship |
| An extended unilineal kinship group, often consisting of several lineages, whose members claim common descent from a remote ancestor, usually legendary or mythological. | clan |
| Any kinship group with a membership lineally descending from a real (historical) or fictional common ancestor. | descent group |
| The central person from whom the degree of each relationship is traced. | EGO |
| Kinship reckoning n which the nucle family is emphasized by specifically identifying the mother, father, brother, & sister, while lumping together all other relatives into broad categories such as uncle, aunt, & cousin. Also referred to as lineal system. | Eskimo system |
| The splitting of a descent group into two or more new descent groups. | fission |
| Kinship reckoning in which all relatives of the same sex and generation are referred to by the same term. | Hawaiian system |
| Kinship reckoning n which a dad and dad bro r refer 2 by a single term; mom & mom sis, but a dad sis & mom bro r give separate terms. Parallel cousin r classifi w/bro & sis, cross cousins r classifi separat but not equat w/relatives of some other generat. | Iroquois system |
| An individual’s close blood relatives on the maternal and paternal sides of his or her family. | kindred |
| A network of relatives within which individuals possess certain mutual rights and obligations. | kinship |
| A unilineal kinship group descended from a common ancestor or founder who lived four to six generations ago, and in which relationships among members can be exactly stated in genealogical terms. | lineage |
| Descent traced exclusively through the female line to establish group membership. | matrilineal descent |
| Each group that results from a division of a society into two halves on the basis of descent. | moiety |
| Alternative means of reproduction such as surrogate motherhood and in vitro fertilization. | new reproductive technologies (NRTs) |
| Descent traced exclusively through the male line to establish group membership. | patrilineal descent |
| A unilineal descent group composed of at least two clans that supposedly share a common ancestry, whether or not they really do. | phratry |
| The belief that people are related to particular animals, plants, or natural objects by virtue of descent from common ancestral spirits. | totemism |
| Descent that establishes group membership exclusively through either the male or female line. | unilineal descent |
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