ANTH 1000 - Ch. 20

Question 1

marriage

Answer 1

a culturally sanctioned union between two or more people that establishes certain rights and obligations between the people, between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws. Such marriage rights and obligations most often include, but are not limited to: sex, labor, property, childrearing, exchange, and status

Question 2

consanguineal kin

Answer 2

Biologically related nrelatives, commonly referred to as blood relatives

Question 3

affinal kin

Answer 3

people related through marriage; the in-laws

Question 4

incest taboo

Answer 4

the prohibition of sexual relations between specified individuals, usually parent and child and sibling relations at a minimum

Question 5

endogamy

Answer 5

marriage within a particular group or category of individuals

Question 6

exogamy

Answer 6

marriage outside the group

Question 7

monogamy

Answer 7

marriage in which both partners have just one spouse

Question 8

serial monogamy

Answer 8

a marriage form in which a man or a woman marries or lives with a series of partners in succession

Question 9

polygamy

Answer 9

one individual having multiple spouses at the same time; from the Greek words POLY (“many”) and GAMOS (“marriage”)

Question 10

polygyny

Answer 10

marriage of a man to two or more women at the same time; a form of polygamy

Question 11

polyandry

Answer 11

marriage of a woman to two or more men at one time; a form of polygamy

Question 12

group marriage

Answer 12

marriage in which several men and women have sexual access to one another; also called co-marriage

Question 13

fictive marriage

Answer 13

marriage by proxy to the symbols of someone not physically present to establish the social status of a spouse and heirs

Question 14

parallel cousin

Answer 14

child of a father’s brother or a mother’s sister

Question 15

cross cousin

Answer 15

child of a mother’s brother or a father’s sister

Question 16

bridewealth

Answer 16

money or valuable goods paid by the groom or his family to the bride’s family upon marriage; also called bride-price

Question 17

bride service

Answer 17

a designated period of time when the groom works for the bride’s family

Question 18

dowry

Answer 18

payment of a woman’s inheritance at the time of her marriage, either to her or her husband

Question 19

family

Answer 19

two or more people related by blood, marriage or adoption. The family may take many forms, ranging from a single parent with one or more children, to a marries couple or polygamous spouses with or without offspring, to several generations of parents and their children

Question 20

household

Answer 20

the basic residential unit where economic production, consumption, inheritance, childrearing and shelter are organized and carried out

Question 21

conjugal family

Answer 21

a family established through family

Question 22

consanguineal family

Answer 22

a family of “blood relatives” consisting of related women, their brothers, and the women’s offspring

Question 23

nuclear family

Answer 23

a group consisting of one or two parents and dependent offspring, which may include a steppartent, stepsiblings, and adopted children. Until recently this term referred only to the father, mother, and child(ren) unit

Question 24

extended family

Answer 24

two or more closely related nuclear families clustered together in a large domestic group

Question 25

patrilocal residence

Answer 25

a residence pattern in which a married couple lives in the husband’s father’s place of residence

Question 26

matrilocal residence

Answer 26

a residence pattern in which a married couple lives in the wife’s mother’s place of residence

Question 27

ambilocal residence

Answer 27

a residence pattern in which a married couple may choose either matrilocal or patrilocal residence

Question 28

neolocal residence

Answer 28

a pattern in which a married couple establishes the household in a location apart from either the husband’s or wife’s relatives