Lesson 9 Keywords

Question 1

a family whose members were once part of other families

Answer 1

blended family

Question 2

unmarried people living together in a sexual relationship

Answer 2

cohabitation

Question 3

authority that is equally divided between people or groups - in this case, between husband and wife

Answer 3

egalitarian

Question 4

the practice of marrying within one’s group

Answer 4

endogamy

Question 5

the practice of marrying outside one’s group

Answer 5

exogamy

Question 6

a nuclear family, plus other relatives, such as grandparents, who live together

Answer 6

extended family

Question 7

two or more people who consider themselves related by blood, marriage, or adoption

Answer 7

family

Question 8

the rule that prohibits sex or marriage among designated relatives

Answer 8

incest taboo

Question 9

a group’s approved mating arrangements, usually marked by a ritual of some sort

Answer 9

marriage

Question 10

a society in which women as a group dominate men as a group

Answer 10

matriarchy

Question 11

a family consisting of a husband, wife, and children

Answer 11

nuclear family

Question 12

a society or group in which men dominate women; authority is vested in males

Answer 12

patriarchy

Question 13

a form of marriage in which a woman has more than one husband

Answer 13

polyandry

Question 14

a form of marriage in which a man has more than one wife

Answer 14

polygyny

Question 15

feelings of erotic attraction accompanied by an idealization of the other

Answer 15

romantic love

Question 16

how kinship is traced over the generations

Answer 16

system of descent