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wenmo

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The term descent is used by anthropologists to refer to
 
  a. the rules a culture uses to establish affiliations with ones parents.
  b. the rules a culture uses to establish affiliations with ones siblings.
  c. all blood and marriage relationships that help people distinguish between categories of kin.
  d. all marriage relationships that help people distinguish between different categories of kin.
  e. all blood relationships that help people distinguish between different categories of kin.

Question 2

A kinship diagram of a son, father, grandfather, and great grandfather would include:
 
  a. affinal relatives.
  b. collateral relatives.
  c. two genders.
  d. lineal relatives.
  e. exogamous relatives.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D



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