Marriage & Family Unit Review

A group of people related by marriage, blood, or adoption who often live together and share resources is called a:

• Kinship

• Cohabitation

• Extended family

• Family

Three or more generations living in the same residence is known as a:

• Bilateral family

• Extended family

• Patrilineal family

• Monogamy

The larger system that includes both nuclear and extended families is known as:

• Family pattern

• Kinship

• Descent

• Marriage

The set of norms that define how family structure should be organized is called:

• Descent rule

• Polygamy

• Marriage

• Family system

The marriage of one man to one woman is known as:

• Homogamy

• Monogamy

• Polygamy

• Egalitarian

Marriage involving multiple partners is called:

• Matrilocal marriage

• Polygamy

• Bilateral descent

• Cohabitation

When a married couple is expected to live with or near the wife’s parents, the pattern is called:

• Egalitarian

• Patrilocal

• Bilateral

• Matrilocal

Societies that trace kinship through the father’s family follow:

• Bilateral descent

• Matrilineal descent

• Egalitarian lineage

• Patrilineal descent

In which descent is kinship traced through both parents?

• Parallel

• Bilateral

• Matrilineal

• Patrilineal

When authority is shared equally by both parents, the family system is:

• Egalitarian

• Patriarchal

• Bilateral

• Matrilocal