Ch. 10 Kinship, Family and Marriage

Question 1

kinship

Answer 1

the system of meaning and power that cultures create to determine who is related to whom and to define their mutual expectations rights and responsibilities

Question 2

nuclear family

Answer 2

the kinship unit of mother, father, and children

Question 3

descent group

Answer 3

a kinship group in which primary relationships are traced through consanguine

Question 4

lineage

Answer 4

a type of descent group that trace genealogical connection through generations by linking persons to a founding ancestor

Question 5

clan

Answer 5

a type of descent group based on a claim to a founding ancestor but lacking genealogical documentation

Question 6

affinal relationship

Answer 6

a kinship relationship established through marriage and/or alliance, not through biology or common descent

Question 7

marriage

Answer 7

a socially recognized relationship that may involve physical and emotional intimacy as well as legal rights to property and inheritance

Question 8

arranged marriage

Answer 8

marriage orchestrated by the families of the involved parties

Question 9

companionate marriage

Answer 9

marriage built on love, intimacy, and personal choice rather than social obligation

Question 10

polygyny

Answer 10

marriage between one man and two or more women

Question 11

polyandry

Answer 11

marriage between one woman and two or more men

Question 12

monogamy

Answer 12

a relationship between two partners

Question 13

incest taboo

Answer 13

cultural rules that forbid sexual relations with certain close relatives

Question 14

exogamy

Answer 14

marriage to someone outside the kinship group

Question 15

endogamy

Answer 15

marriage to someone within the kinship group

Question 16

bridewealth

Answer 16

the gift of goods or money from the groom’s family to the bride’s family as part of the marriage process

Question 17

dowry

Answer 17

the gift of goods or money from the bride’s family to the groom’s family as part of the marriage process

Question 18

family of orientation

Answer 18

the family group in which one is born, grows up and develops life skills

Question 19

family of procreation

Answer 19

the family group created when one reproduces and within which one rears culture