How is a culture’s kinship terminology related to other aspects of social life? Connect kinship terminology to residence and descent patterns.

What will be an ideal response?


1. Explain that terminologies differ in the importance of distinguishing among certain groups of kin
2. Inuit association with commercial societies
3. Sudanese association with complex political systems
4. General link between lineage, marriage, and kinship terminology

Anthropology & Archaeology

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The basic cooperative structure that ensures an individual's primary needs and provides the necessary care for children is the _______________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Descent groups are:

a. based on residence rules b. strict clan memberships c. various nonkin institutions d. based on a common ancestor

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Continental drift:

a. is the movement of the continents on the Earth's surface. b. occurred only in the Old World. c. ceased to occur several million years ago and has no effect on species development. d. had no real impact on the evolutionary history of vertebrates. e. never actually occurred.

Anthropology & Archaeology

Nomadic San believed that the root cause of all illness and disease was:

a. contagion by outside forces. b. ?poor moral actions. c. rituals that were performed incorrectly. d. the actions of their two gods.

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