Multiple Choice
Alex belongs to a culture in which kinship is traced through both the mother and father’s sides. Inheritance can come from either (or both) sides of the family. This culture most likely follows:
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13. Relationships, Marriage, and Family
Lines of Descent and Residency
Multiple Choice
In a society, children inherit their family name, wealth, and property exclusively from the mother’s side of the family. This society most likely follows:
A
Patrilineal descent.
B
Matrilineal descent.
C
Bilineal descent.
D
Neolocal descent.
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Step 1: Understand the key terms related to descent systems in sociology. Descent systems determine how family lineage, inheritance, and social identity are traced through generations.
Step 2: Define Patrilineal descent: inheritance and family ties are traced through the father's side of the family.
Step 3: Define Matrilineal descent: inheritance and family ties are traced through the mother's side of the family.
Step 4: Define Bilineal descent: inheritance and family ties are traced through both the mother's and father's sides of the family.
Step 5: Define Neolocal descent: this term refers to the post-marital residence pattern where a couple establishes a new household independent of both families, not a descent system.
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