FINAL: Ch. 11 Family

Question 1

A legal union based on mutual rights

Answer 1

Marriage

Question 2

Group of people related by marriage, blood, or adoption

Answer 2

Family

Question 3

Smallest group: parents and children

Answer 3

Nuclear family

Question 4

Two or more adult generations of the same family

Answer 4

Extended family

Question 5

Descent and inheritance are passed from father to his male descendants

Answer 5

Patrilineal

Question 6

Descent and inheritance are passed from mother to her female descendants

Answer 6

Matrilineal

Question 7

Requires individuals to marry outside their group

Answer 7

Exogamy

Question 8

Requires individuals to marry within their own group

Answer 8

Endogamy

Question 9

One man to only one woman

Answer 9

Monogamy

Question 10

One man/woman to multiple people

Answer 10

Polygamy

Question 11

Marriage of one man to two or more women at the same time

Answer 11

Polygyny

Question 12

Marriage of one female to two or more males at the same time

Answer 12

Polyandry

Question 13

Family’s capacity to emerge from crisis as stronger and more resourceful

Answer 13

Family resiliency

Question 14

Family where one of the partners in the marriage has been married before and has one or more children from a previous marriage

Answer 14

Blended families

Question 15

Living with someone without legal obligations and responsibilities

Answer 15

Cohabition

Question 16

More adults caught between caring for family of orientation and the family they formed

Answer 16

Sandwich generation

Question 17

Families with children under age 18 headed by a parent who is widowed or divorced and not remarried, or by a parent who has never married.

Answer 17

Single-parent families