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A society that traces its descent through the mother?
hypnotize
Which characterstic best describes the Pueblo and Iroquoise societies?
The Pueblo are First Nations People from New Mexico and the Southwest. The Iroquois are First Nations People from New York and the Northeast. Two totally different groups.
What did the Iroquois invent?
The Iroquois people invented wampum belts
What did the Iroquois do in the longhouse?
The Iroquois lived in their longhouses.
What did the Iroquois do to stop the fighting over neighboring tribes?
The Iroquois decided to form the Iroquois League which was a confederation or a loose group of government
Where the Inuit tribe matrilineal or patrilineal?
Their society was patrilineal.
Is Songhai patrilineal or matrilineal?
No
Was the shoshone matrilineal or patrilineal?
yes
What is the difference between matrilineal and patrilineal societies?
One has to do with mothers and one has to do with fathers..... Breaking up the word in Matrilineal you have Matri mean Maternal and lineal meaning lineage. Lineage deals with your Kinship grouping, or family tree. In the United States, and many other countries, work as a Bilineal, bi meaning two or both, society which means that the baby who is born into a Bilineal society is considered a part of both the father and mother family lines. So in a Matrilineal society a baby born into this type of society will only have a family tree from his/her mothers' family line. Then for Patrilineal societies, breaking it up into two words meaning Paternal meaning father, and lineage, meaning family line, the baby will only be considered apart of his/her fathers' family line. In matrilineal and patrilineal societies there can sometime be a difference in how much power each parent has. But to answer your question the difference between a matrilineal and a patrilineal societies are what family line a child born into each society is considered a part of. The child can either be a part of the mothers' line (matrilineal) or the fathers' line (patrilineal) depending on the society.
What is matrilineal descent?
A society can be matrilineal (tracing ancestry from the females on the mother's side) or patriarchial (tracing ancestry from the males on the father's side), or some societies trace both sides. The largest matrilineal society in the world is in West Sumatra, Indonesia, with a population of about eight million people. There are matrilineal societies in India and southeast Asia and China.
How were the Iroquois and Algonquins different?
The main difference between them is that the Algonquians traced along the line of there father which is called Patrilineal and the Iroquois traced the line of their mothers ancestry which is called Matrilineal.
What is the system called that used family lineages to govern people?
patrilineal (male), matrilineal (female)
What is the system called the uses family lineages to govern people?
patrilineal (male), matrilineal (female)
What was the use of matrilineal?
In a matrilineal descent system an individual is considered to belong to the same descent group as her or his mother. This matrilineal descent pattern is in contrast to the more common pattern of patrilineal descent from which a Family name is usually derived.
What are the advantages of patrilineage?
It cannot really be said that generally speaking, matrilineal kinship societies have in any way an 'edge' over patrilineal societies. Matrilineal societies moreover did and do not empower women: only instead of fathers and husbands, it is now the maternal uncles, brothers and nephews who are the dominant males. The fact that in these societies power and status develop along the mother/daughter-line instead of that of father/son may have advantages for some, but disadvantages for others. The same goes for the fact that in these societies the man marries into the woman's family instead of the other way around. But two advantages can be mentioned: firstly, the fact that in matrilineal societies the elsewhere jealously guarded legitimate fatherhood of children of a woman is of secondary importance. The main thing is that a woman's children are (easily) established to be hers. That means that limiting a woman's freedom of movement or heavily covering her body and face as for instance in some fundamentalist Muslim societies is not a feature of matrilineal societies. Secondly, another result of the secondary importance of fatherhood is - at least in some matrilineal societies - the occurrence of a form of polygamy where the woman may have several husbands.
What are some human matriarchal societies?
I know that many Native American civilizations had matrilineal societies and the bloodlines were traced through the mothers.
In matrilineal Indian and African societies?
women play a major, often dominenet, role.
