In rural China, how are kin networks usually structured?
A) ?Around matrilineal nuclear ties
B) ?Around bilateral nuclear ties
C) ?Around patrilineal extended ties
D) ?According to age and social status
C
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Linguistic anthropologist Shirley Brice Heath, in her study of literacy events in a small city US southeast, discovered
a. no significant difference in reading and writing between the communities studied. b. clear evidence that most parents in some communities were functionally illiterate. c. different communities approach reading in very different ways. d. learning to read and write gave students a very different perspective on language.
Which of the following is a true statement?
a. The Iroquois kinship system lumps mother and mother’s brother into the same category. b. The Eskimo kinship system is the one that is most commonly used in the United States. c. The Eskimo kinship system calls mother and mother’s sister by the same term. d. The Iroquois kinship system is associated with bilateral descent. e. The Iroquois kinship system is most commonly found in food collecting societies.
Simple bands
a. were male dominated. b. had names that came from features in their territory. c. practiced endogamous marriage. d. used voting and other democratic methods for decision making.