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Family and kinship word search with terms like matriarchal, patrilineal, and monogamy.
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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.

Subject:
Social Studies
Topic:
Anthropology
Grade Level:
9th – 12th Grades
Updated October 2022

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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