Author Question: Which statement about the Zuni (New Mexico) kinship system is true? a. They have a bilateral ... (Read 96 times)

future617RT · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

Which statement about the Zuni (New Mexico) kinship system is true?

a. They have a bilateral kinship system.
b. Zuni men are divided between serving the economic interests of their wives and the ceremonial needs of their sisters and mothers.
c. Inheritance is traced through fathers.
d. They practice patrilocal residence.
e. Wives are viewed as strangers or outsiders within the extended family.

Question 2

Unilineal descent groups

a. endure over time and clearly define who is a member and who is not.
b. allow members to decide which descent groups they want to belong to; therefore, these groups change membership and size radically from generation to generation.
c. cannot clearly define who is or is not a member, but still manage to endure over time.
d. allow individuals to first identify themselves as individuals and then as members of the kinship group.
e. do not place emphasis on individual or corporate identity.