3. Kinship and Family

Kinship Terminology — Quiz

Test your understanding of kinship terminology with 5 practice questions.

Practice Questions

Question 1

Which kinship terminology does not distinguish between mother and mother’s sister, using the same term for all women of the parental generation?

Question 2

In a society where male parallel cousins are called 'brother' and female parallel cousins are called 'sister', while cross cousins have distinct terms, which kinship system is used?

Question 3

The term 'bifurcate merging' describes a kinship terminology pattern where:

Question 4

Which kinship terminology exemplifies generational kinship by using only generational and gender distinctions, with no bifurcation by parental side?

Question 5

The Dravidian kinship terminology is characterized by which feature?