Culture 25

Question 1

KIKE OR KYKE

Answer 1

• Derogatory term in the U.S. for a Jew. From kikel, in Yiddish for “circle”.
• Probably came from the practice that early immigrant Jews signed legal documents with an “O” (rather than an “X”).

Question 2

KINDRED

Answer 2

People related to one another by blood, marriage, and adoption.

Question 3

KINESICS

Answer 3

The study of non-linguistic bodily movements, such as gestures, stances and facial expressions as a systematic mode of communication.

Question 4

KINSHIP CALCULATION

Answer 4

The system by which people in a particular society reckon kin relationships.

Question 5

KINSHIP CHART

Answer 5

The diagram of kinship relations using symbols to indicate males, females, marriages, divorces, siblings, descent, and deceased relatives.

Question 6

KORAN (also spelled Quran)

Answer 6

Book of teachings for the religion of Islam.

Question 7

KULA

Answer 7

A set of trade relations among Trobriand men involving the giving away of shell artifacts with the objective of displaying prestige and reinforcing alliances.

Question 8

LANGUAGE

Answer 8

• Is the primary means of communication for humans.
• It may be spoken or written and features productivity and displacement and is culturally transmitted.

Question 9

LAW

Answer 9

• A legal code, including trial and enforcement.
• Examples are Code of Hammurabi (also known as Codex Hammurabi) which is one of the earliest and best preserved law codes from ancient Babylon created ca. 1760 BC, The Code Napoléon in France was established under Napoléon I and entered into force on March 21, 1804.

Question 10

LEVELING DEVICE

Answer 10

A cultural mechanism which reduces wealth differentials between individuals often by inducing the wealthy to sponsor feasts or to destroy or give away surplus in return for increased prestige.

Question 11

LEVELING MECHANISMS

Answer 11

Is a social or economic practice that operates to reduce differences in wealth and thus to bring standouts in line with community norms.

Question 12

LEVIRATE

Answer 12

Custom by which a widow marries the brother of her deceased husband.

Question 13

LEXICON

Answer 13

Vocabulary; a dictionary containing all the morphemes in a language and their meanings.

Question 14

LIFE CYCLE

Answer 14

The set of states a person goes through from birth to death.

Question 15

LIFE EXPECTANCY

Answer 15

Is the length of time that a person can, on the average, expect to live.