Unilineal descent groups ____

a. endure over time and clearly define who is a member and who is not
b. allow members to decide which descent groups they want to belong to; therefore, these groups change membership and size radically from generation to generation
c. cannot clearly define who is or is not a member, but still manage to endure over time
d. allow individuals to first identify themselves as individuals and then as members of the kinship group
e. do not place emphasis on individual or corporate identity


ANSWER:
a

Anthropology & Archaeology

You might also like to view...

Richard Wrangham argues that violence leads to a:

a. less aggressive society overall b. more united society c. female-dominated society d. male-dominated society

Anthropology & Archaeology

In unilineal descent, one's ancestry is traced through only one line of descent.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Anthropology & Archaeology

Today, more than 75 percent of the population in the United States practices religion

a. True b. False

Anthropology & Archaeology

Chronometric dating techniques provide __________

a. the age of an object relative items found with it b. an age estimate in years before the present c. the relative age of an object d. information about the magnetic polarity of strata

Anthropology & Archaeology