Name _____________________________ Class __________________ Date __________________
Guided Reading
The Family
Section 1
READING THE SECTION
DIRECTIONS In your own words, write the definition of each term.
1. family: ______________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
2. nuclear family: ________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
3. family of orientation: ___________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
4. family of procreation: ___________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
5. extended family: _______________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
DIRECTIONS Read each sentence and fill in the blank with the correct
word or phrase.
6. In most industrialized nations an individual is allowed to be married to only one
person at a time. This is called _______________________. (monogamy/polygamy)
7. _______________________ is the more common marital system in preindustrial
societies around the world. (monogamy/polygamy)
8. Nuclear families and extended families are often part of a much larger
_______________________ system. (family of orientation/kinship)
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Name _____________________________ Class __________________ Date __________________
Guided Reading
Section 1 continued
POST-READING QUICK CHECK
DIRECTIONS On the line provided before each statement, write T if a
statement is true and F if a statement is false. If the statement is false, write
the correct term on the line after each sentence that makes the sentence a
true statement.
_____ 9. When a person belonging to a nuclear family marries, this new nuclear family
is called a family of procreation.
______________________________________________________________
_____ 10. In a(n) nuclear family, grandparent, parents, children, uncles, aunts, and
cousins may all live in one house or group of houses or even in different
countries.
______________________________________________________________
_____ 11. In some kinship systems there are close to 200 possible categories of
relatives.
______________________________________________________________
_____ 12. An individual’s family of procreation is the nuclear family into which the
person is born or adopted.
______________________________________________________________
_____ 13. The extended family is the family form most recognizable to people in the
United States.
______________________________________________________________
DIRECTIONS Write a word or phrase that means the opposite of each
term given.
14. family _______________________________________________________________
15. monogamy ___________________________________________________________
16. polygamy ____________________________________________________________
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