Small villages of extended families.

• A. Indigenous
• B. Clans
• C. Elders
• D. First Nations

Answer: (B)

Kinship and descent form the backbone of many traditional communities. When families live together in a village and draw strength from a shared line of ancestors, they are organized as clans. A clan is a large kin-group whose members trace lineage to a common ancestor, often sharing a name, land, and duties. This structure creates tight-knit communities where extended families support each other, pass down stories, and coordinate activities across generations. The term that best matches “small villages of extended families” is clans. Indigenous is a broad umbrella term for native peoples, not a description of how a village is organized; elders are individual respected older members, not a social unit; First Nations is a specific Canadian designation for many Indigenous peoples, not the general village-forming group.