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Family & Economy
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Sociology
Undergraduate 2
04/17/2011

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cohabitation
Definition
the sharing of a household by an unmarried couple
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endogamy
Definition
marriage between people of the same social category
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exogamy
Definition
marriage between people of different social categories
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extended family
Definition
a family composed of parents and children as well as other kin
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family
Definition
a social institution found in all societies that unites people in cooperative groups to care for one another, including any children
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kinship
Definition
a social bond based on common ancestry. marriage, or adopton
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marriage
Definition
a legal relationship, usually involving economic cooperation as well as sexual activity and childbearing
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matriarchy
Definition
a form of social organization in which females dominate males
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monogamy
Definition
marriage that unites two partners
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nuclear family
Definition
a family composed of one or two parents and thier children
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patriarchy
Definition
a form of social organization in which males dominate females
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polygamy
Definition
marriage that unites a person with two or more spouses 
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polyandry
Definition
Marriage that unites one woman with more than one man 
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polygyny
Definition
Marriage that unites one man with more than one woman
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economy
Definition
a social institution that organizes a society's production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services
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industry
Definition
the production of goods using advanced sources of energy to drive large machinery 
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labor unions 
Definition
organizations that seek to improve wages and working conditions
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modernization
Definition
the process of social change begun by industrialization 
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primary sector
Definition
the part of the economy that draws raw materials from the natural environment 
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secondary sector
Definition
the part of the economy that transforms raw materials into manufactured goods
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tertiary sector
Definition
the part of the economy that involves services rather than goods
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