Family Terms Connected to the Family

Question 1

Patrilocal

Answer 1

Living with the grooms family

Question 2

Matrilocal

Answer 2

Living with the wifes familly

Question 3

Bilocal

Answer 3

Can live with either the grooms family or the brides family

Question 4

Neolocal

Answer 4

Set up their household in a separate residence.

Question 5

Matri-Patrilocal

Answer 5

Living with the brides family then with the grooms family

Question 6

Endogamy

Answer 6

Marrying within the social group (Families of certain ethnic backgrounds encourage and even pressure their children to associate with, date and marry members of their own ethnic groups.

Question 7

Exogamy

Answer 7

Marrying outside of your own ethnic or social group

Question 8

Bigamy

Answer 8

Illegal marriage to more than one person at a time.

Question 9

Monogamy

Answer 9

Being married to one person at a time

Question 10

Polygamy

Answer 10

Having more than one spouse at a time

Question 11

Polygyny

Answer 11

Having more that one wife at a time

Question 12

Polyandry

Answer 12

Having more than one husband at a time

Question 13

Group

Answer 13

Men and women living together as husband and wives.