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Definition of Family
People who consider themselves related by blood, marriage,
or adoption.
TERM 2
Household
DEFINITION 2
People who occupy the same housing unit. or The household
is "the basic residential unit in which economic production,
consumption, inheritance, child rearing, and shelter are
organized and carried out"; [the household] "may or may not
be synonymous with family".
TERM 3
Polygamy
DEFINITION 3
Polygamy is a form of marriage in which a person has more
than one spouse at the same time, as opposed to monogamy
in which a person has only one spouse at a time.
TERM 4
Polygyny
DEFINITION 4
Polygyny is a form of marriage in which a man has two or
more wives at the same time.
TERM 5
Polyandry
DEFINITION 5
Polyandry refers to a form of marriage in which a woman has
two or more husbands at the same time.
Exogamy
Cultural exogamy is the marrying outside of a specific group.
TERM 7
Incest Taboo
DEFINITION 7
Incest taboo is a term that refers to a class of prohibitions,
both formal and informal, stated and unstated, against
incest, the practice of sexual relations between certain or
close relatives, in human societies. (Forces exogamy)
TERM 8
Patrilineal System
DEFINITION 8
Tracing your family through your dad's side.
TERM 9
Matrilineal System
DEFINITION 9
Tracing your family through your mom's side.
TERM 10
Bilineal System
DEFINITION 10
Tracing both sides of your family.
Blended Family
A stepfamily, also known as a blended family or reconstituted
family, is a family in which one or both members of the
couple have children from a previous relationship.
TERM 17
Patriarchy
DEFINITION 17
Male dominated society.
TERM 18
Matriarchy
DEFINITION 18
Female dominated society.
TERM 19
Empty Nest
DEFINITION 19
When children move out, the parents are left with an "empty
nest".
TERM 20
Boomerang Generation
DEFINITION 20
Children move out, but then end up moving back home due
to financial reasons.
Which country was first to legalize same sex
marriage?
Denmark
TERM 22
Extended Family
DEFINITION 22
Family outside of mom/dad/siblings.
TERM 23
Cohabitation
DEFINITION 23
Cohabitation is an arrangement whereby two people decide
to live together on a longterm or permanent basis in an
emotionally and/or sexually intimate relationship.
TERM 24
Nuclear Family
DEFINITION 24
A nuclear family is a family group consisting of a father and
mother and their children, who share living quarters.
TERM 25
Family of Orientation
DEFINITION 25
The family you are born into.
Vermont has a law for...
Civil unions: Limited rights for homosexuals.
