Marriage and Family Worksheet Questions

Which reason best explains why marriage and family are highlighted in this section?

• They are key social institutions and cultural universals.

• They are minor private choices with little social impact.

• They exist only in modern Western societies.

• They matter only to individuals, not communities.

Which issue is identified as a world-wide problem in the section overview?

• Divorce

• Family abuse and child abuse

• Dating customs

• Lines of descent

What does the term family of orientation refer to?

• The family formed through marriage

• The family into which a person is born

• Any household with unrelated roommates

• A legally recognized social contract

What does the term family of procreation refer to?

• The family into which a person is born

• The family formed through marriage

• Any group residing together for economic reasons

• A kin network traced through the mother

According to this section, how is marriage defined?

• A casual partnership without legal recognition

• A legally recognized social contract between two people, traditionally based on a sexual relationship and implying permanence

• Any cohabiting pair who share expenses

• An arrangement limited to one cultural tradition

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, what constitutes a family?

• Any group of friends who frequently meet online

• A group of two people or more related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together

• Only a married couple with children

• Any household with at least three adults

Which trends are part of the changing portrait of the American family described in this section? Select all that apply.

• Increase in single parent homes

• Cohabitation

• Decline in arranged marriages worldwide

• Mandatory matchmakers for all couples

What statement aligns with Figure 1’s caption about marriage?

• Marriage is one way to formalize a family.

• Marriage is primarily a financial transaction with no social meaning.

• Marriage eliminates diverse family compositions.

• Marriage requires the presence of children to be recognized.

Match each marriage term to its definition.

• Marriage to one partner

• Bigamy

• Marriage of a man to more than one woman at a time

• Polygamy

• Act of entering into marriage while still married to another person

• Monogamy

• Marriage to more than one person at a time

• Polyandry

• Marriage of a woman to more than one man at a time

• Polygyny

What is bigamy in the U.S.?

• Marriage of a woman to more than one man at a time

• Marriage to one partner

• Act of entering into marriage while still married to another person, a felony offense

• Marriage of a man to more than one woman at a time