Social Institutions Review

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A group of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption

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family

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Family arrangement where descent and inheritance is passed through the female line.

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matrilineal

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A common characteristic of the US family is that most families practice polygamy.

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False

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A marriage consisting of one man and one woman at a time.

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monogamy

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Principals and ideas held on the basis of faith (what a person considers to be true)

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beliefs

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This social institution determines how power is obtained and exercised

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political institution (government)

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This type of social institution determines how goods and services are produced and distributed

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economic institution

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A political system in which a ruler with absolute power attempts to control all aspects of society

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totalitarianism

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A family structure composed of parents and children

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nuclear family

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The pattern in which married couples live with or near the wives' parents

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matrilocal