This document is a concept map social studies worksheet for students to complete by matching terms and definitions related to the concept of family. The worksheet instructs students to fill in spaces on the concept map with words that correctly define marriage, types of marriages, and other concepts around family structures and relationships.

1. Name of Student: __________________________
Social Studies Work Sheet
Designed by Mr. Gooden
Concept Map on Family
Class: _____________________________
Instruction: complete the following concept map by putting in the terms/words which correctly match the definitions in the space provided on the map.
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Marriage between more
than two persons.
A marriage restriction that
requires a person to marry
someone outside his or her
immediate family, clan,
village or tribe.
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A legally sanctioned
relationship, entered into most
times because of 'love', usually
involving economic
cooperation, as well as sexual
activity and childbearing that
people expect to endure.
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For this type of marriage to
occur, parents select
marriage partners for their
children.
The court allows individuals
to live apart while sorting
out marital relationship.
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Marriage uniting one man and
one woman.
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A social institution found in all
societies that unite people into
cooperative groups to oversee
the bearing and rearing of
children.
FAMILY
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Declaration by a religious or
church court that a marriage
is invalid.
The crime of being married
to two women at the same
time.
A marriage restriction that
requires a person to marry
someone within the tribe,
race, social class, religion,
etc.
Marriage uniting one female
and two or more males.
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The legal dissolution of an
officially recognised
marriage.
In marriage, a situation in
which one spouse abandons
the other.
Marriage among more than
two persons.
Marriage uniting one male
and two or more females.