Family Structures and Systems Quiz

Family Structures

• Nuclear Family: Parents and their children.
• Extended Family: Parents, children, and other relatives (grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc.).
• Blended Family: Includes children from a previous marriage of one or both parents.
• Lone Parent/Single Parent Family: One parent and their children.
• Cohabitation/Common-Law: A couple living together for a significant period (e.g., 12 months in Canada) considered married.
• Kinship: Family connections or close bonds with others.

Family Systems & Structures

• Matriarchal: A woman who leads or dominates the family or group.
• Patriarchal: A family, group, or government controlled by men. A social system where family members are linked through their fathers.
• Egalitarian: Equal wealth and status for all members.
• Exogamy: Marriage outside a specific group based on custom or law.
• Endogamy: Marriage within a specific group based on custom or law.
• Monogamy: Practice of marrying only one person at a time.
• Polygamy: Being married to more than one person at a time.
• Polygyny: A man with multiple wives.
• Polyandry: A woman with multiple husbands.
• Group Marriage: A group of men and women married to each other.
• Patrilineal: Tracing descent through the father's side.
• Matrilineal: Tracing descent through the mother's side.
• Bilineal: Tracing descent through either parent's side.
• Patrilocal: Couple lives with the husband's family.
• Matrilocal: Couple lives with the wife's family.
• Neolocal: Couple lives apart from both families.

Social Stratification

• Caste: A rigid social hierarchy based on hereditary status, endogamy, and social barriers sanctioned by custom, law, or religion (social class based on factors like wealth, occupation, or religion).