Kinship Definitions
What term describes relationships among individuals based on blood ties, marriage, or adoption?
What is kinship?
What kinship system allows individuals to choose whether to affiliate with their mother's or father's lineage?
What is ambilineal descent?
Why is studying kinship important in cultural anthropology?
What is to understand social structures and cultural norms?
This function of kinship involves defining roles and obligations within a community.
What is shaping social relationships?
What is a nuclear family?
The kinship system is characterized by treating all cousins as siblings, emphasizing collective family identity.
What is the Hawaiian kinship system?
Kinship systems influence the inheritance of what types of societal resources?
What are property and social status?
In many cultures, marriage involves different customs and practices. What is the term for marriages arranged by families?
What is arranged marriage?
What is the term for a family system that includes multiple generations living together or in close proximity?
What is an extended family?
In which kinship system are specific terms used for each relative, reflecting complex social structures?
What is the Sudanese kinship system?
How do kinship systems help in maintaining social support within families?
What is by providing emotional and financial support/assistance?
What term describes the practice of living with or nearly the male's family after marriage?
What is patrilocality?
In kinship studies, what term refers to the trace of lineage through the male line?
What is patrilineal descent?
This system emphasizes the importance of both maternal and paternal relatives, allowing for flexibility in lineage tracing.
What is bilateral descent?
Kinship terminology reflects what aspect of a society?
What is social organization?
In which type of marriage do couples choose to live independently from both sides of the family?
What is neolocality?
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What is neolocal marriage?
What is the kinship term for tracing lineage through the female line?
What is matrilineal descent?
What kinship system distinguishes between maternal and paternal relatives using specific terms?
What is the Iroquois kinship system?
How do kinship systems transmit cultural values and traditions?
What is through storytelling and shared practicies?
Cultural variations in marriage often include unique rituals. What is an example of a marriage ritual in some cultures?