Household - it consist one or more people who live in the same dwelling and share meals
Kinship - refers both to the patterns of social relationships themselves, or it can refer to the study of the patterns social relationships in one or more human cultures
Consanguinity - is the property of being from the same kinship as another person
Affinity - a close similarity between two things, or an attraction or sympathy for someone or something, esp because of shared characteristics
Unilineal Descent - is a system of determining descent group in which one belongs to one's father's or mother's line, whereby one's descent is traced either exclusively through male ancestors, or exclusively through female ancestors.
Clan - an extended unilineal kinship group, often consisting of several lineages, whose members claim common descent from a remote ancestor, usually legendary or mythological.
Lineage - Unilineal kinship group descended from a common ancestor or founder who lived four to six years generation ago, and in which relationships among members can be stated genealogically.
Patrilineal Descent - also known as the male line, the spear side or agnatic kinship, is a common kinship system in which an individual's family membership derives from and is recorded through his or her father's lineage.
MatrilinealDescent - is the tracing of kinship through the female line. It may also correlate with a social system in which each person is identified with their matriline – their mother's lineage – and which can involve the inheritance of property and/or titles.
Double Unilineal Descent - society recognizes both the patrilineage and the matrilineage but assigns to each a different set of expectations.
Bilateral Descent - is a system of family lineage in which the relatives on the mother's and father's side are equally important for emotional ties and for transfer of property or wealt
Marriage - is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses
Monogamy - is a form of relationship in which an individual has only one partner during their lifetime
Polygamy - is the practice of marrying multiple spouses
Polygyny - is the most common and accepted form of polygamy, entailing the marriage of a man with several women
Polyandry is a form of polygamy in which a woman takes two or more husbands at the same time
Annulment - A legal ruling that erases a marriage by declaring the marriage null and void and that the union was never legally valid
Divorce - A legal dissolving, termination, and ending of a legally valid marriage. It ends a legal marriage and declares the spouses to be single again.
Compadrinazgo - relationship between the parents and godparents of a child is an important bond that originates when a child is baptized in Iberian, Latin American, and Filipino families.
Family - the basic unit in society traditionally consisting of two parents rearing their children
Nuclear Family - Is a family group consisting of two parents and their children.
Extended Family - A family that extends beyond the nuclear family, including grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other relatives, who all live nearby or in one household.
Single Parent Family - Is a person who lives with a child or children and who does not have a wife, husband or live-in partner.
Step Family - Is a family where at least one parent has children that are not genetically related to the other spouse or partner
Patrilocal - Relating to a pattern of marriage in which the couple settles in the husband's home or community
Patrilocal - Relating to a pattern of marriage in which the couple settles in the husband's home or community
Ambilocal - Is the societal post marital residence in which couples, upon marriage, choose to live with or near either spouse’s parents
Neolocal - Is a type of post marital residence in which a newly married couple resides separately from both the husband’s and the wife’s natal household.
Political Structure - Is defined as the organized way in which power is distributed and decisions are made within a society
Political System - defines the process for making official government decisions. It is usually compared to the legal system, economic system, cultural system, and other social systems
Authoritarianism - Is a form of government characterized by strong central power and limited political freedoms.
Totalitarianism - is the most extreme form of authoritarianism because it controls all aspects of life including the communication between citizens, media censorship, and threatens by the means of terror
Monarchy - is a form of government in which a group, generally a family representing a dynasty, embodies the country's national identity and its head, the monarch, exercises the role of sovereignty
Absolute monarchy - is a form of monarchy in which the monarch rules in their own right. In this kind of monarchy, the king is sometimes limited by a constitution.
Constitutional monarchy - is a form of monarchy in which the monarch exercises their authority in accordance with a constitution and is not alone in deciding
Democracy - meaning "rule of the people", is a system of government in which the citizens exercise power directly or elect representatives from among themselves to form a governing body, such as a parliament
Centralized government - is one in which both executive and legislative power is concentrated centrally at the higher level as opposed to it being more distributed at various lower level governments
Chiefdom - is a form of hierarchical political organization in non-industrial societies usually based on kinship, and in which formal leadership is monopolized by the legitimate senior members of select families or 'houses'.
Sovereign state - is a political entity represented by one centralized government that has supreme legitimate authority over territory