Family: Concepts and Terms Word Search
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This 22-word word search covers family structures and kinship terminology for high school students in sociology or anthropology courses. Hidden words include matriarchal, patrilineal, polygyny, nuclear family, and annulment, spanning systems of descent, marriage types, and family organization. Use it as a vocabulary review during a unit on social organization, a sub-plan activity, or adapt it for related sociology topics.
Word List
- ALIMONY
- ANNULMENT
- BIGAMY
- DIVORCE
- EXTENDEDFAMILY
- INCEST
- INHERITANCE
- KINSHIP
- LEGALSEPARATION
- MARRIAGE
- MATRIARCHAL
- MATRIFOCAL
- MATRILINEAL
- MONOGAMY
- NUCLEARFAMILY
- PATRIARCHAL
- PATRIFOCAL
- PATRILINEAL
- POLYANDRY
- POLYGYNY
- SIBLING
- STATUS
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