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Exam 3
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 2
11/22/2009

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Kingship
Definition
Defines Social Groups
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KingFolk
Definition
people of the kingship
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3 Principles of the organiation of Family Structure
Definition
1. Affinity
2. Decent
3. Fictive Bond
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Fictive Bond
Definition
Not related by marriage or blood; adoption, aunts/uncles who married into the family
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Affinity
Definition
People who are related through Marriage
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Descent
Definition
Blood ties; Consanguine; siblings, mother/father, aunts/uncles
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Extended family
Definition
Consists of 3 or more generations who are related to each other by blood or marriage
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Matrifocal
Definition
Mother is present, father is not; father may be descesed, divorced, multiple partners
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Monogamy
Definition
One partner at one time
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Polygamy
Definition
Plural Spouses
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Polygyny
Definition
a man has more than 1 wife at the same time
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Polyandry
Definition
A woman has more than 1 husband at one time
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Bride Price
Definition
paying for the bride
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Dowry
Definition
the grooms family demands money and valuable items from the brides family
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Hope Chest
Definition
accumulated items that the woman collects so that they are prepared when they move out when they are ready
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Levirate
Definition
a marriage custom whereby a woman marries the brother of her decests husband
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Patrilineal
Definition
Men are dominate owners of properties
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Lineage
Definition
a group of people who can trace their descent to a known ancestor
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Prescribed Levirate
Definition
the survived spouse doesn't have ta choice on who they marry. must marry the brother-in-law. If no brothers, no husband but the family still cares for her.
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Preferential Leverate
Definition
doesn't haev to marry brother, gets to choose, has more options.
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Sororate
Definition
when the wife dies the sister is obligated to marry the husband.
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Exogamy
Definition
marriage outside the socially defined group.
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Endogamy
Definition
marriage inside the socially defined group; omish marry omish
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Cross cousins
Definition
the children of whose respective parents are related to each other as brother & sister
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