Ch. 7: Families, Kinship, & Marriage

Question 1

family

Answer 1

a group of people (parents, children, etc.) who are considered to be related in some way
- example: by “blood” or marriage

Question 2

family of orientation

Answer 2

family in which one is born and grows up

Question 3

family of procreation

Answer 3

formed when one marries and has children

Question 4

noelocality

Answer 4

in which married couples establish a new place oof residence away from their parents

Question 5

expanded family household

Answer 5

includes groups of relatives other than, or in addition to, a married couple and their children

Question 6

extended family household

Answer 6

when the expanded household includes 3 or more generations

Question 7

descent group

Answer 7

includes people who share common ancestry; descend from same ancestors

Question 8

patrilineal decent

Answer 8

people automatically have lifetime membership in their father’s group; children of the group’s men join the group, but children of the group’s women are excluded

Question 9

matrilineal decent

Answer 9

people belong to the mother’s group automatically at birth & stay members throughout life; these groups include only children of group’s women

Question 10

unilineal decent

Answer 10

using only one line of descent, either male or female line

Question 11

lineage

Answer 11

descent group based on demonstrated decent

Question 12

clan

Answer 12

decent group based on stipulated descent

Question 13

patrilocality

Answer 13

married couples reside in husband’s father’s community, so that children will grow up in their father’s village

Question 14

matrilocality

Answer 14

married couples live in wife’s mother’s community, & their children grow up in their mother’s village

Question 15

exogamy

Answer 15

the custom & practice of seeking a mate outside one’s own group

Question 16

incest

Answer 16

refers to sexual contact with a relative

Question 17

endogamy

Answer 17

mating or marriage within a group to which one belongs

Question 18

caste system

Answer 18

stratified groups in which lifelong membership is set at birth

Question 19

dowry

Answer 19

occurs when the bride’s family or kin group provides substantial gifts when their daughter marries

Question 20

lobola

Answer 20

a customary gift before, at, or after marriage from the husband & his kin to the wide & her kin

Question 21

sororate

Answer 21

custom by which a widower marries the sister of the deceased wife

Question 22

levirate

Answer 22

custom by which a widow marries the brother of her deceased husband

Question 23

plural marriages (polygamy)

Answer 23

marriage of a man to 2 or more women or of a woman to 2 or more men at the same time
- 2 types: polygyny, polyandry

Question 24

polygyny

Answer 24

more common variant of polygamy; in which a man has more than 1 wife

Question 25

polyandry

Answer 25

rarer form of polygamy; in which a woman has more than one husband