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week 9---anth 100
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| kinship | culturally defined relationship established on basis of blood ties |
| affinal | related by marriage; in-laws |
| kinship system | totality of kin relations, kin groups, and terms for classifying kin in a society |
| descent | culturally established affiliation between a child and one or both parents |
| descent group | group of kin who are lineal descendants of common ancestor, extending beyond two generations |
| patrilineal descent | rule that affiliates a person to kin of both sexes related throughmales only |
| matrilineal descent | rule that affiliates a person to kin of both sexes related through females only |
| bilateral descent | system of descent where individuals are equally affiliated with mother and father's descent groups |
| lineage | group of kin whose members trace descent from a known common ancestor |
| clan | unilineal kinship group whose members believe to be descended from common ancestor but cannot trace the link genealogically |
| totem | animal, plant, or other aspect of natural world held to be ancestral or have intimate relationships with members of a group |
| double descent | tracing of descent through both matrilineal and patrilineal links |
| nonunilineal descent | any system of descent where both father's and mother's lineages have equal claim to the individual |
| cognatic descent | any nonunilineal system of descent |
| ambilineal descent | form of bilateral descent in which an individual may choose to affiliate whith either mother's or father's descent group |
| kindred | unique kin network made up of all people related to a specific individual in a bilateral kinship system |
| lineal kin | blood relations linked through descent |
| collateral kin | kin descended from common ancestor but not in direct ascendant or descendant line |
| consanguinity | blood ties between people |
| bifurcation | principle of classifying kin under which different kinship terms are used for the mother's and father's side |
| Hawaiian kinship | emphasizes distinctions between generations and reflects equality of both sides |
| Eskimo kinship | emphasizes nuclear family by using terms for members |
| Iroquois kinship | associated with matrilineal or double descent and emphasizes importance of unilineal descent groups |
| Omaha kinship | found among patrilineal peoples including Native American group |
| Crow kinship | the matrilineal equivalent of the Omaha system |
| Sudanese kinship | different terms for practically every relative |
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