The residence pattern in which a newly married couple moves in with or near the groom's maternal uncle's house. This is strongly associated with matrilineal descent and occurs when men obtain statuses, jobs, or prerogatives from their nearest elder matrilineal male relative.
Question: Taking an Anthropology test RIGHT NOW! Help!? 1. One type of "sodality" is defined as:
1. a marriage arrangement between two moieties
2. a pact of non-aggression among neighboring tribes
3. an agglomeration of houses belonging to members of a single clan
4. an association of individuals that cuts across kinship groups
2. The term shaman is used to designate:
1. a cosmic power that can be increased through brave deeds, diminished through illness, and passed from a chief to his sons
2. the New Year's festival in ancient Hawaii, at which human sacrifices were practiced
3. the principal ancestor in a conical clan
4. an individual who had the ability to sicken and to cure, and who often served as spiritual guide to chiefs
3. When a married couple goes to live in the house of the brother of the husband's mother, the postmarital residence pattern is referred to as:
1. patrilocal
2. fratrilocal
3. avunculocal
4. matrilocal
4. A form of tribal political organization found, for example, among the Nuer and Bedouins, that is based on multiple descent groups (often patrilineages) that are interrelated and serve certain political functions is known as a:
1. maximal moiety system
2. clan
3. fragmented descent pattern
4. segmentary lineage system
5. divided descent group configuration
Answer: 1. One type of "sodality" is defined as:
an association of individuals that cuts across kinship groups
2. The term shaman is used to designate:
an individual who had the ability to sicken and to cure, and who often served as spiritual guide to chiefs
4. A form of tribal political organization found, for example, among the Nuer and Bedouins, that is based on multiple descent groups (often patrilineages) that are interrelated and serve certain political functions is known as a:
clan
