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In this assignment you will learn about the building blocks of society:
groups, statuses, roles, division of labor, and rank. You will discover how our behavior is governed by culturally defined social roles and how these influence our standing in society.
You will learn that peoples' statuses in life and the roles are expected to play are sometimes assigned them for very arbitrary reasons such as their sex or race.
You will learn the principles that govern the concept of descent.
You will become familiar with the various kinds of descent groups that have formed the basic social organization of most human societies throughout history.
Finally, you will learn how people symbolize their family relationships with various kinship terminology systems.
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Prof.Richley CrapoProfessor
Utah State University
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Question: Which of the following is true of the idea of kinship?
Choices:
It is synonymous with biological relationships.
It is based on a connection between siblings.
It is a way of defining social relatives, based on a biological connection.
Each child is the offspring of two parents.
Question: Crow kinship terminology is associated with which of the following descent systems?
Choices:
matrilineality
patrilineality
double descent
bilaterality
Question: Human groups differ from those found in other social animals in which of the following ways?
Choices:
They have economic significance.
They have no ranking.
They identify themselves symbolically.
They have geographical boundaries.
Question: Which of the following kinship systems is used by most people in Canada and the United States?
Choices:
Hawaiian
Eskimo
Omaha
Sudanese
Question: What best defines class?
Choices:
All classes are kinds of castes.
class is a broad stratum that is made up of unrelated families.
Membership is determined by birth and individuals cannot move from one social stratum to another.
Class is based on religious concepts.
Question: Which of the following statuses is characterized by high honor but little power?
Choices:
a judge
a traffic cop
a pastor
a garbage collector
Question: Which of the following best defines a minority group?
Choices:
a numerically small group compared with other groups in the same society
people who hold master statuses with low power and honor
an ethnic group
people who cannot hold a master status
Question: Scottish clans traced ancestry with which of the following descent systems?
Choices:
patrilineality
double descent
bilaterality
ambilaterality
Question: Kindreds are most typical of which of the following?
Choices:
industrialized and foraging societies
horticultural and foraging societies
pastoral and industrialized societies
pastoral and horticultural societies
Question: a kinship group whose members can trace their lines of descent to the same ancestor
Choices:
social organization
group
social structure
status
complementary statuses
ascribed statuses
roles
master status
minorities
ethnic group
class
castes
kin
descent
kinship
bilateral descent
unilineal descent
lineage
clan
kindred
Eskimo kinship terminology>
Hawaiian kinship terminology
fictive kinship
Question: Patrilineality is LEAST likely under which of the following circumstances?
Choices:
when fraternal work groups are important in making a living.
in frontier areas
where internal warfare is common.
where man are absent from home for prolonged periods.
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