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Here is a list of the terms and definitions on each card.

Card 1:
Term: Why are Tibetan women to have more than one husband simultaneously
Definition: sons to share the limited amount of good land
Card 2:
Term: The definiton of the family is based on blood, meaning shared genetic heritage, and law, meaning social recognition is
Definition: A substantive definition of family
Card 3:
Term: how does the U.S. Census define family
Definition: a group of two or people or more related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together
Card 4:
Term: What is the difference between a family and a kin group?
Definition: The family is a household unit, and kin do not always live together.
Card 5:
Term: Which pattern of descent is most typical in the United States?
Definition: bilateral
Card 6:
Term: Patrilineal descent refers to a:
Definition: kinship system that favors the relatives of the father.
Card 7:
Term: A kinship system that favors the relatives of the mother is based on:
Definition: matrilineal descent
Card 8:
Term: nuclear family
Definition: A married couple and their unmarried children living together
Card 9:
Term: extended family
Definition: A married couple, their children, and other relatives—such as grandparents, aunts, or uncles—living together in the same household
Card 10:
Term: Monogamy
Definition: one woman and one man are married only to each other
Card 11:
Term: serial monogamy
Definition: A form of marriage in which a person can have several spouses in his or her lifetime but only one spouse at a time
Card 12:
Term: polygamy
Definition: the general term for a marriage in which an individual can have several husbands or wives at the same time
Card 13:
Term: polygyny
Definition: Term refers to the marriage of a man to more than one woman at the same time
Card 14:
Term: functionalist view of family
Definition: Definition of the family focuses on what families do for society and for their members
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Term: matriarchal society
Definition: Women hold greater authority than men
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Term: egalitarian authority pattern
Definition: type of authority pattern are the adult members of the family regarded as equals
Card 17:
Term: endogamy
Definition: The restriction of mate selection to people within the same group
Card 18:
Term: exogamy
Definition: The requirement that individuals select mates from outside certain groups
Card 19:
Term: incest taboo
Definition: The prohibition of sexual relationships between certain culturally specified relatives.
Card 20:
Term: Machismo
Definition: a sense of virility, personal worth, and pride in one’s maleness
Card 21:
Term: familism
Definition: extended family, expressed through the maintenance of close ties and strong obligations to kinfolk