Exam 10: Kinship and Descent

A) is based entirely on fictive kin.
B) strictly governs the behavior of members of the same clan.
C) requires people to find marriage partners within their own clan.
D) allows clan members to marry and form extended families.
E) is no different from that of the rest of the United States.

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A) They did not take account that the society was matrilineal and that they had to work with the females in order to create change for the villages.
B) They did not realize that only elder men could engage in farming because it is a lucrative and prestigious occupation.
C) They did not realize that land is controlled by elders of the linage and that there is a strict kinship-based labor force.
D) They did not realize that the Malinke (local peoples) had no experience dealing with any type of technology.
E) They were not sensitive to the kinship needs that regulated their own labor force as they constructed the dams and canals that would irrigate the farms.

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It is a kinship term used for ...

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A) It is male focused.
B) Women give their total allegiance to their husband's family.
C) Children must show deference and obedience to their parents.
D) Inheritance is passed from a man to his son.
E) Ancestor worship is practiced even after the parents have died.

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A) They establish patterns of cooperation between men and women and a basis for rearing children.
B) They extend one's relationships to a larger group of people.
C) They help people adapt to interpersonal and environmental challenges.
D) They provide a way to share certain pieces of property that cannot be divided.
E) They allow outsiders to identify individuals within a cultural and social setting.

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Unilineal descent groups act corporately...

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A) bilateral descent.
B) double descent.
C) matrilineal descent.
D) ambilineal descent.
E) patrlineal descent

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