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CLEP Intro to Sociology

Category - Family Inst

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For inheritance purposes, industrial societies often trace families through both their mother and father’s descendants. What type of descent is this?
  1. Patrilineal
  2. Matrilineal
  3. Dual lineal
  4. Bilateral
  5. Dual lateral
Explanation
Answer: D - Tracing descent through both the mother and father’s side of the family is called bilateral descent. Descent occurring through the father and men in the family is called patrilineal. In some societies matrilineal descent does occur, but it is also common in this pattern for property to pass to a male on the mother’s side rather than to a female.
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