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40 Cards in this Set
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The most important family grouping for Americans is
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the nuclear family
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Brideservice refers to
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the groom working for the bride's parents
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a "baloma" is a
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a spirit child which will eventually enter the womb of a woman of the same matrilineage as itself
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In rural China what did family life center around
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the patrilineal extended famliy.
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In the Trobriand Islands who collects bridewealth
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the groom's father and maternal uncle
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What is the major threat to family stability among the !Kung?
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Conflict between husband and wife over infidelity
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If a woman has more than one husband it is known as
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Polygamy
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Which of the following is not a correct component of traditional Chinese dowry
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A house
Clothing A leather seat cosmetics |
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In traditional Chinese society what is the most improtant relatioship in the family?
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the relationship between father and son.
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What are the two terms used to describe different types of inheritance
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Partible inheritance and impartible inheritance
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Americans reckon kinship
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bilaterally
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In Trobriand society who does a man inherit property from?
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for his mother's brohter
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To the Trobrianders whick is considered the most intimate activity for husbands and wives?
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Sharing Food
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The biggest threat to the Chinese family is
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absent of a son.
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In the Trobiand Islands who collects brides wealth
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the groom's father and maternal uncle.
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Temporal ( i.e., chronological or diachronic) depth in Chinese society is
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the long line of patrilineal ancestors in a family.
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In traditional chinese society a wife acquires full status in her husband's family when
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When she produces a male child
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A society that emphasizes a person's tie to their father has a patrilineal kinship system
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true
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Extramarital affairs ar threatienning to anyone in !kung society
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true
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Among Trobriand Islanders the critical threats are those that are directed tat the husband-Wife family
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false
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According to Nisa a man would not have a second wife because he could not get enough food for both of them
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false
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the Chinese have a preferences as the sex of thier children
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true
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amont the !kung, typically less that one-quater of the marriages fail.
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false
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The traditional marriage in China is often a matter of a man and woman choosing each other as marriage parteners.
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false
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in traditional Chinese society a wifre can seek divorce
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false
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T Trobriand womans' sexuality is important throughtout life for attracting men
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false
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The biggest threat to chinese family is conflict between husband and wife
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false
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Trobriand Islanders start seeking sexual partners between the ages 11 and 13
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true
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What does Sanday claim "phallocentrism" refers to or defines?
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The penis as a symbol of masuline social power and dominance
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What principle characterizes is marel Mauss' theory about gifts?
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The principle of reciprocity
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The kula ring is part of which New Guinea society?
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The Trobrianders
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A potlatch is
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A feast at a funeral
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keigo is
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the japanese term for polite speech
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Keigo essentially
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establishes the relatives social standing of the speaker and listener
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In the initiation rite of a massi male what must he not do?
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he must not cry out or move during circumcision
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Western societies have egocentric views of the self
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True
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Family membership, gender, and age are the universal characteristics of individuals used to differntiate and group people
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true
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In traditional societies wealth is the central organizing priniple
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false
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The cateforization of people on the social landscape serves to simplify interactions
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ture
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the berdache is t he Cheyenne term for person who is neither male or female
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true
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