Practice Quiz for Non-kinship Based Social Groups

Practice Quiz for
Non-kinship Based Social Groups

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1. All societies assign status to people based on ______________ .

a) age

b) kinship

c) gender

d) all of the above

2. Age-based categories are referred to by anthropologists as ______________ .

a) age clads

b) age groups

c) age grades

3. When a society has distinct identifiable groups of people of similar age and usually of the same gender who share a common identity and maintain close ties throughout their lives, the groups are referred to as _______________ .

a) age grades

b) age sets

c) age groups

4. While age sets are found throughout the world, they are most commonly emphasized in what part of the World?

a) North America and Europe

b) East Asia

c) sub-Saharan Africa

5. The Masai cattle herders of Kenya and Tanzania strongly differentiate three major age-based groups--boys, warriors, and elders. Moran is their name for which of these three age-groups?

a) boys

b) warriors

c) elders

6. The Girl Scouts is an example of ________________ .

a) a gender-based group

b) an age-based group

c) a voluntary association

d) all of the above

7. Which of the following are likely to be the focus of a voluntary association?

a) a shared vocation

b) shared religious beliefs

c) similar past experiences

d) all of the above

8. Voluntary associations are usually based on __________________ status.

a) achieved

b) ascribed

c) both achieved and ascribed

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1.	All societies assign status to people based on ______________ .


	a)	age
	b)	kinship
	c)	gender
	d)	all of the above


2.	Age-based categories are referred to by anthropologists as ______________ .


	a)	age clads
	b)	age groups
	c)	age grades


3.	When a society has distinct identifiable groups of people of similar age and usually of the same gender who share a common identity and maintain close ties throughout their lives, the groups are referred to as _______________ .


	a)	age grades
	b)	age sets
	c)	age groups


4.	While age sets are found throughout the world, they are most commonly emphasized in what part of the World?


	a)	North America and Europe
	b)	East Asia
	c)	sub-Saharan Africa


5.	The Masai cattle herders of Kenya and Tanzania strongly differentiate three major age-based groups--boys, warriors, and elders. Moran is their name for which of these three age-groups?


	a)	boys
	b)	warriors
	c)	elders


6.	The Girl Scouts is an example of ________________ .


	a)	a gender-based group
	b)	an age-based group
	c)	a voluntary association
	d)	all of the above


7.	Which of the following are likely to be the focus of a voluntary association?


	a)	a shared vocation
	b)	shared religious beliefs
	c)	similar past experiences
	d)	all of the above


8.	Voluntary associations are usually based on __________________ status.


	a)	achieved
	b)	ascribed
	c)	both achieved and ascribed