Question 1

The line between kinship and friendship is often blurry because

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A)   Kin sometimes like one another and do things together that friends also do.
B)   Sometimes friends come to be seen after a long time as being related.
C)   Ties to relatives can be activated because relatives like each other, not just because there are tasks to accomplish.
D)   All of the above. D

Question 2

Discuss the relationship of nurturance to kinship in the different societies you have read about in the text.

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In many societies, nurturance is closely tied to kinship, as the responsibility for caring for and raising children often falls to family members. In some cultures, such as the traditional Maori society of New Zealand, kinship and nurturance are deeply intertwined, with extended family members playing a significant role in the upbringing of children. In other societies, such as the Trobriand Islanders of Papua New Guinea, kinship and nurturance are also closely linked, with a strong emphasis on the collective responsibility for child-rearing within the community.

In contrast, in Western societies, the nuclear family is often the primary unit of nurturance, with parents taking on the majority of the caregiving responsibilities for their children. However, even in these societies, extended family members often play a supportive role in the upbringing of children, demonstrating the continued importance of kinship in the nurturance of the next generation.

Overall, the relationship between nurturance and kinship varies across different societies, but in many cases, the two are deeply interconnected, with family members playing a crucial role in the care and upbringing of children.

Question 3

The distinction made between the mother's side of the family and the father's side of the family is called

Accepted Answer

A)   Collaterality.
B)   Bifurcation.
C)   Affinity.
D)   Consanguinity. B

Question 4

Which of the following statements describes divorce among the Inuit?

Accepted Answer

A)   Divorce was impossible.
B)   Married partners who had been living apart could reactivate their marriage simply by beginning to live together again.
C)   When a married couple split up and the partners remarried, the consequence was more, not fewer, affinal connections.
D)   All of the above are true.

Question 5

People may enter freely into relationships and are equally free to specify the nature of the rights and obligations between them in societies organized on the basis of

Accepted Answer

A)   Status.
B)   Role.
C)   Contract.
D)   Sodality.

Question 6

In Zumbagua, Ecuador, a family is defined as

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A)   Mother, father, and unmarried children.
B)   Mother and children.
C)   Those who share the same father.
D)   Those who eat together.

Question 7

The kinship tie created by marriage is called

Accepted Answer

A)   Collaterality.
B)   Bifurcation.
C)   Affinity.
D)   Consanguinity.

Question 8

Symbolically important goods transferred from the family of the groom to the family of the bride in exchange for the loss of the bride's labor and childbearing capacity are called

Accepted Answer

A)   Bridewealth.
B)   Bloodwealth.
C)   Dowry.
D)   Ransom.

Question 9

In ancient Rome, divorce was impossible because

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A)   At marriage, a woman lost her membership in the patrilineage into which she was born.
B)   At marriage, a woman was incorporated into the lineage of her husband.
C)   The Romans always married within the boundaries of a clan, so that husbands and wives could never cut the kinship ties that bound them to each other.
D)   Both a and b

Question 10

Social statuses into which people are born are called

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A)   Achieved statuses.
B)   Ascribed statuses.
C)   Noble statuses.
D)   High statuses.

Question 11

A transfer of family wealth, usually from parents to their daughter, at the time of her marriage, is called

Accepted Answer

A)   Bridewealth.
B)   Bloodwealth.
C)   Dowry.
D)   Ransom.

Question 12

The prototypical kernel of a patrilineage is the

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A)   Father-son pair.
B)   Mother-daughter pair.
C)   Sister-brother pair.
D)   Brother-mother's brother pair.

Question 13

Discuss the idea of kinship as agency among the Iñupiat and the Ju/'hoansi. Are there other examples of kinship as agency that you can also include?

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Question 14

In addition to establishing links between generations through descent, kinship serves to establish

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A)   Legitimacy of children.
B)   Residence rules.
C)   Inheritance patterns.
D)   All of the above.

Question 15

What are the "puzzles" that lie at the heart of patrilineal and matrilineal descent?

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Question 16

What are the similarities and differences between polygyny and polyandry? Discuss.

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Question 17

Kinship is based on, but not reducible, to biology. Give evidence to support this assertion.

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Question 18

Which of the following would NOT belong to a man's patrilineage?

Accepted Answer

A)   His sister's son.
B)   His father's brother's daughter.
C)   His father's sister.
D)   His sister.

Question 19

Western explorers discovered that some non-Western people use the same kin term to refer to father and father's brother. The explorers concluded that these people

Accepted Answer

A)   Did not know who their real fathers were.
B)   Believed that father and father's brother had the same social significance.
C)   Practiced group marriage.
D)   Both a and c

Question 20

In the vocabulary of kinship studies, father's brother's children or mother's sister's children are called

Accepted Answer

A)   Parallel cousins.
B)   Cross-cousins.
C)   First cousins.
D)   Second cousins.

Exam 11: Where Do Our Relatives Come From and Why Do They Matter