Practice question · Select all that apply
Which of these does a society’s kinship system typically regulate?
Hints
- The system governs marriage, inheritance, residence and obligation.
- One listed item is not a social arrangement at all.
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- A. Whom one may and may not marry
- B. Where a new couple lives
- C. Who inherits property and titles
Why
Marriage, inheritance, residence, plus obligation, alliance, and revenge. Kinship is the operating system; the weather remains stubbornly non-kin.
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