Key Terms

Question 1

Bigamy

Answer 1

Marrying someone while already married to another person

Question 2

Reconstituted (Blended) Family

Answer 2

When two families join together after one or both partners have divorced their previous partners

Question 3

Idealisation

Answer 3

The action of representing something as perfect or better than in reality

Question 4

Monogamy

Answer 4

Being married to one person at a time

Question 5

Polygamy

Answer 5

Having more than one wife or husband at the same time

Question 6

Polyandry

Answer 6

When a woman has more than one husband

Question 7

Polygyny

Answer 7

When a man has more than one wife

Question 8

Nuclear Family

Answer 8

A family unit consisting of a father, a mother and dependent children

Question 9

Dependent Children

Answer 9

Individuals aged 0-17 years (and 18-24 years if inactive) and living with at least one parent

Question 10

Cohabitation

Answer 10

partners who live together without getting married

Question 11

Dependent family members

Answer 11

people or children who depend on others within the family because of their age or disability

Question 12

Migration

Answer 12

when people from other countries come to Britain to settle

Question 13

Emigration

Answer 13

people leave Britain to settle abroad

Question 14

Empty nest family

Answer 14

a mature couple who live together after the children have left the home