Ch. 19

Question 1

Endogamy

Answer 1

Marriage between people of the same social category

Question 2

Exogamy

Answer 2

Marriage between people of different social categories

Question 3

Monogamy

Answer 3

Marriage that unites two partners (married to one person)

Question 4

Polygamy

Answer 4

Marriage that unites a person with two or more spouses

Question 5

Polygyny

Answer 5

Marriage that unites one man and two or more women

Question 6

Polyandry

Answer 6

Marriage that unites one woman and two or more men

Question 7

Patrilocality

Answer 7

A residential pattern in which a married couple lives with or near the husbands family

Question 8

Matrilocality

Answer 8

A residential pattern in which a married couples lives with or near the wife’s family

Question 9

Neolocality

Answer 9

A residential pattern in which a married couple lives apart from both sets of parents

Question 10

Descent

Answer 10

The system by which members of a society trace kinship over generations

Question 11

Patrilineal descent

Answer 11

A system tracing kinship through men

Question 12

Matrilineal descent

Answer 12

A system tracing kinship through women

Question 13

Bilateral descent

Answer 13

A system tracing kinship through both men and women

Question 14

Families are universal because they fulfill six basic social needs:

Answer 14

1. Economic production (material and emotional security)
2. Socialization of children
3. Care of the sick and aged
4. Recreation
5. Sexual Control (Regulation of sexual activity to maintain kinship, organization and property rights - Incest Taboo)
6. Reproduction

Question 15

Courtship:

Answer 15

The period before marriage, involving dating and relationship building.

Question 16

Cohabitation:

Answer 16

Living together without formal marriage; increasingly common.

Question 17

Empty Nest

Answer 17

Children have grown and departed the family home

Question 18

Crowded nest

Answer 18

adult children return to live at home for financial reasons

Question 19

Sandwich generation

Answer 19

adults care for their children and their elderly parents

Question 20

Dual-Earner Families:

Answer 20

Families where both partners work outside the home.

Question 21

Divorce Legislation:

Answer 21

Laws governing the process of divorce, which have evolved over time.

Question 22

Blended Families

Answer 22

Families formed by combining children from previous relationships with new partners.