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An older married couple, together with their married sons, their daughters-in-law, and their grandchildren, all living in a single household, is a classic example of Extended family
Descent from a common ancestor through males only, is called Patrilineal descent
A rule of relationship that links people together on the basis of reputed common ancestry is called descent
The cultural rule that prohibits sexual intercourse among defined classes of relatives is called Incest Taboo
The marriage of one woman to more than one man simultaneously is called Polygandry
A relationship between two people that is socially recognized and which confers birth status rights on children is called Marriage
When a man is simultaneously married to two or more women, anthropologists called the arrangement Polygyny
According to Scheper-Hughes in her article, "Mother's Love" Death without Weeping," poor Brazilian mothers living in a shanty town near the town of Bom Jesus de Mata Stayed emotionally detached from their babies, particularly those they felt were likely to die
According to Scheper-Hughes, doctors in the Brazilian town of Bom Jesus de Mata often Failed to recognize malnutrition as the primary cause of illness among poor babies.
According to McCurdy, (Family and Kinship in Village India), the term feminal kin refers in part to _____ when it is used to described kin relationships in Ratakote. the relatives of the men who have married women of one's own line, or the relatives of the women who have married men of one's own line.
McCurdy, (Family and Kinship in Village India), argues that arranged marriage functions to Create alliances between Bhil families and patrilineages
Accroding to McCurdy, which one of the following is the most important structural tension associated with marriage in Bhil society? The shifting of a women's loyalty, labor, and reproductive potential from her family to her husband's family.
According to Goldstein (Polyandry: When brothers take a wife), Tibetan polyandry functions above all to permit richer farms to maintain their standard of living
The Custom of polandry may end among Tibetans living in Nepal because of government opposition and new economic opportunities.
According to Goldstein, it is difficult for a male Tibetan to start his own farm because it is difficult to terrace new land and keep animals simultaneously without help
Men in the Fouta Djallon are expected to make enough money to marry; support their parents, future children, and other relatives' and build a house. In order to do this, most men travel to nearby west African countries such as Sengal, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Mali, and Cote D'ivoire.
In the article "Marriage and Adulthood in West Africa" migration offers young men the opportunity to earn depart
The typical wedding celebration in the Fouta Djallon lasts for two or three days and include great quantities of rice, gifts of money or cloth, and a sum of money paid by the groom to the bride's parents.
Marriage is a relationship based on the customs, rules, and obligations that establish socially endorsed relationship between adults and children, and between the kin groups of the married partners.
If a woman dies and her husband marries on of her close female relatives, such as a sister or female cousin, we call this sororate
If a married couple live with her family, what type of post-marital residence is that? ambilocal residence
Bride service is when a man spends a period of time working for the family of his wife
Which of the following post marital residence patterns refers to the bride and groom living independently from either family? neolocal residence
The Hawaiian kinship system is based on what two criteria? generation and sex
In most of the world, marries is not based on romantic love, but on reproduction
Marriage can be a Private or Public matter
In the Crow system of kinship, descent is traced only through the mother's matrilineal group
In the Eskimo kinship system, what does Ego call his father's sister? Aunt?
If a married couple live with his family, what type of post marital residence is that? patrilocal residence
Descent through only one side is referred to as unilineal
Which of the following kinship systems is bifurcate merging? Eskimo, Hawaiian, Iroquois, Crow, Omaha, and Sudanese
In the Omaha kinship system, are you related to your biological mother? Yes
Which culture from our readings practices arranged marriage? Bhil (Indian)
Which one of the following marriage types is the rarest? Polyandry
Consanguines are having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood
Which one of the following is not a function of marriage? FUNCTIONS OF MARRIAGE: (1)Transforms the status of the man and woman. (2)Stipulates the degree of sexual access. (3)Establishes the legitimacy of the children born to the wife. (4)Creates relationships between the kin of the wife and kin of the husband.
Which of the following groups from class has clans? Phratry, Meskwaki?
When it is preferred that a woman marry a man from another village, we call the arrangement endogamy
Which of the following post marital residence patterns refers to the bride and groom living with an uncle? avunculocal residence
A bilateral kinship group that is most like the lineage is called ramage
Scheper-Hughes (Mother's Love: Death without Weeping) claims that which of the following kinds of people encourage(s) mothers not to become attached to their sick and dying children? civil authorities and the clergy
In an epilogue to her article (Mother's Love), Scheper-Hughes argues that ____ contributed to lower infant death and birth rates in Bom Jesus. The installation of water pipes that carried clean water to virtually every home in the shanty town.
According to McCurdy, when Bhils visit other villages, they usually stay with feminal kin
Which one of the following is not true about Tibetan polyandry? Polyandry eliminates sexual competition among brothers
According Goldstein, Tibetan polyandry requires a group of brothers to marry one woman
Without ___ it is nearly impossible for a man or a woman in the Fouta Djallon to be considered an adult, let alone a successful and responsible one, by other in the community. Marriage
In order to be considered eligible for marriage, a Fouta Djallon girl must have received a right of excision
A person is related by marriage is called a(n)___ relative. Affinal
 

 



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