Anthropology 205 Final Exam - Purdue University
Questions With Correct Answers
Monogamy |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |marriage |form |in |which |a |person |is |allowed |only |one |
spouse |at |a |time
Polyandry |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |form |of |polygamy |in |which |a |woman |has |two |or |more |
husbands |at |one |time
Polygamy |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |marriage |form |in |which |a |person |has |two |or |more |
spouses |at |one |time. |Polygyny |and |Polyandry |are |two |forms |of |this |term.
Polygyny |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |form |of |polygamy |in |which |a |man |is |married |to |two |or |
more |women |at |one |time
Endogamy |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-marriage |within |a |designated |social |unit
Exogamy |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-marriage |outside |any |designated |group
Extended |Family |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |family |that |includes |two |or |more |married |couples
Family |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |residential |group |composed |of |at |least |one |married |couple |
and |their |children
Descent |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |rule |of |relationship |that |ties |people |together |on |the |basis |
of |reputed |common |ancestry
, Descent |Groups |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-groups |based |on |a |rule |of |descent
Division |of |Labor |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |rules |that |govern |the |assignment |of |jobs |to |
people |(age, |gender, |etc.)
Kinship |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |complex |system |of |social |relationships |based |on |marriage
|(affinity) |and |birth |(consanguinity)
Lineage |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |kinship |group |based |on |a |unilineal |descent |rule |that |is |
localized, |has |some |corporate |powers, |and |whose |members |can |trace |their |actual |
relationships |to |each |other
Marriage |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |socially |recognized |union |between |two |people |that |
accords |legitimate |birth |status |rights |to |their |children
Matrilineal |Descent |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |rule |of |descent |relating |a |person |to |a |group |of |
consanguine |kin |on |the |bases |of |descent |through |females |only
Incest |Taboo |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |cultural |rule |that |prohibits |sexual |intercourse |and |
marriage |between |specified |classes |of |relatives
Agriculture |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |subsistence |strategy |involving |intensive |farming |of |
permanent |fields |through |the |use |of |such |means |as |the |plow, |irrigation, |and |fertilizer
Allocation |of |Resources |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |knowledge |people |use |to |assign |rights |to |
the |ownership |and |use |of |resources
Bilateral |(cognatic) |Descent |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |rule |of |descent |relating |someone |to |a |
group |of |consanguine |kin |through |both |males |and |females
Questions With Correct Answers
Monogamy |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |marriage |form |in |which |a |person |is |allowed |only |one |
spouse |at |a |time
Polyandry |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |form |of |polygamy |in |which |a |woman |has |two |or |more |
husbands |at |one |time
Polygamy |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |marriage |form |in |which |a |person |has |two |or |more |
spouses |at |one |time. |Polygyny |and |Polyandry |are |two |forms |of |this |term.
Polygyny |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |form |of |polygamy |in |which |a |man |is |married |to |two |or |
more |women |at |one |time
Endogamy |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-marriage |within |a |designated |social |unit
Exogamy |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-marriage |outside |any |designated |group
Extended |Family |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |family |that |includes |two |or |more |married |couples
Family |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |residential |group |composed |of |at |least |one |married |couple |
and |their |children
Descent |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |rule |of |relationship |that |ties |people |together |on |the |basis |
of |reputed |common |ancestry
, Descent |Groups |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-groups |based |on |a |rule |of |descent
Division |of |Labor |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |rules |that |govern |the |assignment |of |jobs |to |
people |(age, |gender, |etc.)
Kinship |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |complex |system |of |social |relationships |based |on |marriage
|(affinity) |and |birth |(consanguinity)
Lineage |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |kinship |group |based |on |a |unilineal |descent |rule |that |is |
localized, |has |some |corporate |powers, |and |whose |members |can |trace |their |actual |
relationships |to |each |other
Marriage |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |socially |recognized |union |between |two |people |that |
accords |legitimate |birth |status |rights |to |their |children
Matrilineal |Descent |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |rule |of |descent |relating |a |person |to |a |group |of |
consanguine |kin |on |the |bases |of |descent |through |females |only
Incest |Taboo |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |cultural |rule |that |prohibits |sexual |intercourse |and |
marriage |between |specified |classes |of |relatives
Agriculture |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |subsistence |strategy |involving |intensive |farming |of |
permanent |fields |through |the |use |of |such |means |as |the |plow, |irrigation, |and |fertilizer
Allocation |of |Resources |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |knowledge |people |use |to |assign |rights |to |
the |ownership |and |use |of |resources
Bilateral |(cognatic) |Descent |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |rule |of |descent |relating |someone |to |a |
group |of |consanguine |kin |through |both |males |and |females
