Marriage & Kinship

Question 1

Kinship

Answer 1

: describes culturally recognized ties between members of a family may be based on connections by:
blood (consanguineous)marriage (affines) adoption (fictive/chosen kin)

Question 2

Bilateral descent

Answer 2

people think of themselves as related to both their mother’s kin and their father’s kin at the same time; adaptive in foraging and industrial societies.

Question 3

Unilateral/Unilineal descent

Answer 3

descent from exclusively the male or female line

Question 4

matrilineal

Answer 4

(female)

Question 5

patrilineal

Answer 5

(male)

Question 6

Matriarchal

Answer 6

women hold power/authority over men

Question 7

Patriarchal

Answer 7

men have social and political power; women’s voices are silenced

Question 8

Dowry

Answer 8

payment of a woman’s inheritance at the time of her marriage, either to her or to her husband.
Most common in agricultural societies
Meant to alleviate the “economic burden” of a wife

Question 9

Bridewealth

Answer 9

Presents are given to the wife’s kin before, during, or after marriage
Represents higher social status of the bride
Common in pastoralist societies

Question 10

Monogamy

Answer 10

A union between two people; serial monogamy

Question 11

Polygamy

Answer 11

A union between 3 or more individuals

Question 12

Polygyny

Answer 12

(one male - many females)

Question 13

Polyandry

Answer 13

(one female – many males)

Question 14

Patrilocal residence:

Answer 14

a married couple lives in the locality associated with the husband’s father’s relatives:

Question 15

Matrilocal residence

Answer 15

a married couple lives in the locality associated with the wife’s relatives:
Inheritance is associated with the mother’s lineage
Associated with high divorce rates
Common pattern associated with the Hopi, Diné, and Iroquois

Question 16

Avunculocal residence:

Answer 16

married couple lives with the wife’s mother’s brother

Question 17

(sororal polygyny)

Answer 17

May be between a man and sisters

Question 18

(fraternal polyandry)

Answer 18

Most commonly between brothers as a way of promoting economic cooperation and solidifies inheritance

Question 19

Endogamy

Answer 19

the custom of marrying only within the limits of a local community, clan, or tribe.

Question 20

Exogamy

Answer 20

the custom of marrying outside a community, clan, or tribe.