CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY ACTUAL
TEST QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
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●● The most common form of descent pattern practiced in the United
States is referred to as
Answer: bilateral
●● All of the following are true about matrilineages, EXCEPT
Answer: -they are also matriarchal, that is, women have more power
than men. (SELECT THIS)
-children are members of their mother's lineage group.
-typically, people must marry outside of their own lineage.
-women may be subject to the power of their brothers or uncles on the
mother's side of the family, rather than their fathers.
●● An exchange of valuables given from the groom's family to the
bride's family is called
Answer: bridewealth
●● Adoption in some Pacific Island societies is
Answer: a way to honor relatives and create two nurturing sets of
parents
, ●● In anthropology, descent from a common ancestor is referred to as
Answer: lineage
●● Relationships formed through blood connections are called ____,
while those formed through marriage are called ____.
Answer: consanguineal, affinal
●● The term anthropologists use for a marriage between one man and
multiple wives is
Answer: polygyny
●● In a patrilineal system,
Answer: -your mother's brothers may not be counted as relatives.
-your father's brothers are part of your lineage.
-your mother's brothers and father's brothers will likely have different
terms to identify them.
-all of the answer choices are correct (SELECT THIS)
●● A family of parents in a culturally-recognized relationship, such as
marriage, and their minor or dependent children is called a
Answer: nuclear family
TEST QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW PACKAGE
●● The most common form of descent pattern practiced in the United
States is referred to as
Answer: bilateral
●● All of the following are true about matrilineages, EXCEPT
Answer: -they are also matriarchal, that is, women have more power
than men. (SELECT THIS)
-children are members of their mother's lineage group.
-typically, people must marry outside of their own lineage.
-women may be subject to the power of their brothers or uncles on the
mother's side of the family, rather than their fathers.
●● An exchange of valuables given from the groom's family to the
bride's family is called
Answer: bridewealth
●● Adoption in some Pacific Island societies is
Answer: a way to honor relatives and create two nurturing sets of
parents
, ●● In anthropology, descent from a common ancestor is referred to as
Answer: lineage
●● Relationships formed through blood connections are called ____,
while those formed through marriage are called ____.
Answer: consanguineal, affinal
●● The term anthropologists use for a marriage between one man and
multiple wives is
Answer: polygyny
●● In a patrilineal system,
Answer: -your mother's brothers may not be counted as relatives.
-your father's brothers are part of your lineage.
-your mother's brothers and father's brothers will likely have different
terms to identify them.
-all of the answer choices are correct (SELECT THIS)
●● A family of parents in a culturally-recognized relationship, such as
marriage, and their minor or dependent children is called a
Answer: nuclear family
