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A clan is similar to a lineage except:
 
  a. a clan has fewer people.
  b. clan members are unable to trace exact genealogical links to their common ancestor.
  c. clans are more likely to hold tangible property corporately.
  d. clans are exogamous whereas lineages are endogamous.
  e. clans are patrilocal whereas lineages are matrilocal.

Question 2

All of the following statements about Han genealogy are correct except:
 
  a. the tsu is a corporate kin group that traces its ancestry back about five generations through the female line.
  b. the tsu functions as an economic and political unit that manages its own members.
  c. Han women have absolutely no claims on their fathers heritable property.
  d. because of the genealogical depth of the tsu, individuals who have the same surname should not marry each other.
  e. although a woman belongs to her fathers tsu, she is practically absorbed by her husbands.



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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: b

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: a



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