11.              You belong to a patrilineal descent group. Which of the following belong(s) to the same group?

a.Your mother

b.Your father’s sister

c.Your mother’s sister

d.Your mother’s father

e.Your father’s sister’s children

12.              An extended unilineal descent group whose members claim descent from a common ancestor but who cannot trace their genealogical links to that ancestor is called a(n)

a.family.

b.totem.

c.lineage.

d.kindred.

e.clan.

13.              Among the Han, brothers and their sons were part of the same household and paternal uncles were like second fathers. What type of descent is this?

a.Neolocal

b.Kindred

c.Patrilineal

d.Matrilineal

e.Bilateral

14.              All of the following statements about Han genealogy are correct except:

a.the tsu is a corporate kin group that traces its ancestry back about five generations through the female line.

b.the tsu functions as an economic and political unit that manages its own members.

c.Han women have absolutely no claims on their fathers’ heritable property.

d.because of the genealogical depth of the tsu, individuals who have the same surname should not marry each other.

e.although a woman belongs to her father’s tsu, she is practically absorbed by her husband’s.

15.              A clan is similar to a lineage except:

a.a clan has fewer people.

b.clan members are unable to trace exact genealogical links to their common ancestor.

c.clans are more likely to hold tangible property corporately.

d.clans are exogamous whereas lineages are endogamous.

e.clans are patrilocal whereas lineages are matrilocal.

16.              Matrilineal descent groups are associated with farming societies in which _____ performs most of the labor in the house and gardens.

a.men

b.women

c.women’s brothers

d.children

e.hired workers

17.              A boy is born into a society that practices matrilineal descent. The person who exercises authority over him is

a.his sister.

b.his father.

c.his mother.

d.his mother’s brother.

e.his father’s brother.

18.              Among the Hopi, which of the following functions as a landholding corporation, allocating land for the support of member households?

a.Lineages

b.Phratries

c.Moieties

d.Extended families

e.Clans

19.              Among the Yako of Nigeria, an individual might inherit grazing lands from his father’s patrilineal group, and livestock and ritual knowledge from his mother’s matrilineal group. This is an example of which kind of descent?

a.Ambilineal

b.Bilocal

c.Patrilateral

d.Matrilineal

e.Double

20.              A young man of Jewish affiliation moves to New York City to find a job. Seeing no reason to “go it alone,” he calls everyone he knows from both his mother’s and father’s side of the family, and attends various meetings to which he is invited. He is invited to multiple events and gatherings by virtue of his being related to various ancestors on both parents’ side. These groups support him when he runs out of money and help him find an apartment and a job. We can say that he is a member of either a bilateral descent group or which of the following?

a.Patrilineal

b.Matrilineal

c.Unilineal

d.Cognatic

e.Ambilineal