Unit Test Terms #2

Question 1

Matrilineal Ancestry

Answer 1

DNA passed on from the mother’s side of the family

Question 2

Patrilineal Ancestry

Answer 2

DNA passed on from the father’s side of the family

Question 3

Bilineal Ancestry

Answer 3

A bilineal system is one in which two lines of descent, matrilineal and patrilineal, are both socially significant.

Question 4

Serial Monogamy

Answer 4

When an individual has dated multiple people, but only once at a time

Question 5

Monogamy

Answer 5

The practice of being married to one person at a time

Question 6

Polygamy

Answer 6

Is a marriage involving more than two people married at the same time

Question 7

Polygyny

Answer 7

When a husband is married to multiple wives, this version of polygamy is more accepted

Question 8

Polyandry

Answer 8

When a woman is married to more than 1 husband

Question 9

Bridewealth

Answer 9

bridewealth, is money, property, or another form of wealth paid by a groom or his family to the woman or the family of the woman he will be married to.

Question 10

Dowry

Answer 10

It is property or money from a brides side of the family to give to her husband’s side, on behalf of their marriage.

Question 11

Material culture

Answer 11

All physical objects humans create and give meaning to.

Question 12

Non-material culture

Answer 12

thoughts and behaviours we learn and share with others

Question 13

Values

Answer 13

Standards of what is important, good, true, ethical

Question 14

Norms

Answer 14

Expectations of how people should behave, and how things should be done

Question 15

Symbols

Answer 15

Physical objects, colors, movements, etc which convey information and have a culturally assigned meaning

Question 16

Beliefs

Answer 16

Shared ideas explaining the world and reaffirming group affiliation