Family Terms Connected to the Family

Question 1

Levirate

Answer 1

Old jewish custom in which a man marries his brother’s widow. In the time where more than one wife was allowed, this was an obligation system.

Question 2

Bride Price

Answer 2

Money, land, or animals paid to the brides family. Found in societies where there are fewer women.

Question 3

Clan

Answer 3

Group decending from the same ancestry and original residence.

Question 4

Culture

Answer 4

The objects, artifacts, institutions, organizations, ideas and beliefs that make up the symbolic and learned aspects of human society.

Question 5

Subculture

Answer 5

A sub-society having some relations to a larger group but some distinctions from it; limits ability to socialize.

Question 6

Dowry

Answer 6

Money or property provided by the brides family in order to find her a husband. This money becomes her insurance policy in case her husband dies or leaves her.

Question 7

Morality

Answer 7

What is considered right from wrong.

Question 8

Mores

Answer 8

Norms that carry moral significance and are therefore the cause for severe consequences when broken or violated.

Question 9

Folkways

Answer 9

Norms whose violation are punished informally if at all

Question 10

Norms

Answer 10

Principle of right and wrong to guide and control proper and acceptable behaviors of a group; and accepted standard

Question 11

Society

Answer 11

A group of people with shared customs and beliefs

Question 12

Role

Answer 12

A set of behaviors that an individual is expected to demonstrate within a status (student, teahcer)

Question 13

Status

Answer 13

Position or rank within a social group

Question 14

Value

Answer 14

An ideal, individual worth of importance to a particular person.