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Family Types

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This family is often referred to as the conjugal family or family of procreation and consists of two married parents and their offspring.

a)

The Single Parent Family

b)

The Blended Family

c)

The Nuclear Family

d)

Family by Choice

2.

A family that may not be recognized by the legal system, but comprised of people choosing to live together. This may include adoptive children, live-in partners, kin of each member of the household, or close friends

a)

Blended Family

b)

Family by Choice

c)

Nuclear Family

d)

Extended Family

3.

This family is formed when divorced or widowed parents who have children marry. It is also termed step-family.

a)

Extended Family

b)

Nuclear Family

c)

Joint Family

d)

Blended Family

4.

(a)   families are composed of sets of siblings, their spouses and their dependent children.

5.

In a co-custody family, divorced parents both have legal (a)   for their children. The children may live with both or live with one and have regular visitation with the other parent.

6.

In this family, one or more children is a legally temporary member of the household. Temporary placements can be as short as a few days or last the length of their childhood.

a)

Foster Family

b)

Extended Family

c)

Separated Family

d)

Co-Custody Family

7.

In a _________ - ___________ family a father or mother is solely responsible for raising the child either by life circumstance or by choice.

(a)  

8.

A migrant family is one that moves regularly to the places they have employment. The most common example of a migrant family is farm workers who move with the crop seasons. A (a)   family is another example. They frequently relocate, often on short notice.

9.

What type of family is presented in The Incredibles?

a)

Foster Family

b)

Adoptive Family

c)

Nuclear Family

d)

Step/Blended Family

10.

What type of family is presented in Finding Nemo?

a)

Adoptive Family

b)

Step/Blended Family

c)

Single-Parent Family

d)

Foster Family

11.

This family includes many relatives living together and working toward common goals, such as raising the children and keeping up with the household duties.

a)

Nuclear family

b)

Extended family

c)

Single-parent family

12.

While most people think of family as including children, there are couples who either cannot or choose not to have children, they are called...

a)

Nuclear family

b)

Stepfamily

c)

Childless family

13.

Many grandparents today are raising their grandchildren for a variety of reasons. One in fourteen children is raised by his grandparents, and the parents are not present in the child's life. This family is called:

a)

Two-income family

b)

Single family

c)

Grandparent family

14.

A person who is legally appointed by the court to take responsibility for a child in the event of the birth parents death or extended absence.

a)

foster family

b)

guardian

c)

adopted family

d)

grandparents

15.

A diagram showing the relationship between people in several generations of a family is called what? We made these week one.

(a)