Chapter 10 Vocab Flashcards
What does kinship mean?
The system of meaning and power that cultures create to determine who is related to whom and to determine mutual expectations.
What does nuclear family mean?
The kinship unit of mother, father, and children.
What is a descent group?
A kinship group in which primary relationships are traced through certain consanguineous (blood) relatives.
What is lineage?
A type of descent group that traces genealogical connection through generations by linking persons to a founding ancestor.
What is a clan?
A type of descent group based on a claim to a founding ancestor but lacking genealogical documentation.
What is an affinal relationship?
A kinship relationship established through marriage and/or alliance, not through biology or common descent.
What is polygyny?
A marriage between one man and two or more women.
What is polyandry?
A marriage between one woman and two or more men.
What is exogamy?
Marriage to someone outside the kinship group.
What is endogamy?
Marriage to someone within the kinship group.
What is a bridewealth?
The gift of goods or money from the groom’s family to the bride’s family as part of the marriage process.
What is a dowry?
The gift of goods or money from the bride’s family to the groom’s family as part of the marriage process.
