The Conventions (Circles, Triangles, Lines) Used to Map Kinship for the Past

question 21

Multiple Choice

The conventions (circles, triangles, lines) used to map kinship for the past 100 years:

• A) have provided accurate, culturally sensitive mappings.
• B) cannot capture or accommodate cross-cultural variations in kinship.
• C) capture or accommodate the realities of kinship in the West but do not work well elsewhere.
• D) give cultural (insider) perspectives primacy.
• E) ensure that vital kinship-related information is not missing from the ethnographic record.

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Definitions:

Slope

In mathematics, the measure of the steepness or incline of a line, often calculated as the ratio of the vertical change to the horizontal change between two points on the line.

Isocost

A line representing all combinations of inputs that have the same total cost.

Capital

Financial assets or the financial value of assets, such as cash or goods, used to generate income.

Isoquant

A curve on a graph representing combinations of inputs that result in the production of the same quantity of output, used in the analysis of production function and input optimization.