ANTH Social Organization and Kinship

Question 1

In anthropological kinship theory, what term describes a system in which descent and inheritance are traced through the mother's line?

Accepted Answer

Matrilineal

Answer

Matrilineal descent traces kinship, inheritance, and group membership through the female line from mother to children.

Question 2

What term describes marriage between two people from the same social group (clan, village, or community) as required by cultural norms?

Accepted Answer

Endogamy

Answer

Endogamy is the practice or rule of marrying within a particular social group, community, or caste.

Question 3

What is a 'lineage' in anthropological kinship terminology?

Accepted Answer

A corporate kin group tracing descent from a known common ancestor

Answer

A lineage is a unilineal descent group whose members can trace their relationships to a common known ancestor through either the male or female line.

Question 4

Which kinship term refers to the rule that marriage partners must come from outside one's own social group?

Accepted Answer

Exogamy

Answer

Exogamy requires marriage outside one's own kin group, clan, or community, which facilitates the creation of alliances between groups.

Question 5

What term describes a household or family unit in which multiple generations — grandparents, parents, and children — live together?

Accepted Answer

Extended family

Answer

An extended family household includes multiple generations or collateral relatives living together and sharing economic resources.

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