This document is a social studies crossword puzzle about types of families. It contains clues for 11 terms related to different kinds of families including nuclear, extended, blended, single-parent, and common-law families. The puzzle is intended for students to fill in with the correct term that matches each clue.

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Topic: Types of Families
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3. Another name for the extra-residential relationship.
7. This is a relationship that consists of consenting adults who live together
by mutual agreement but are not married.
8. This is another name for the blended family.
9. This type of family is made up of parents and children, and can be a legal
or non-legal family.
10. This type of family is made up of more than two generations.
11. A group of people related by blood or marriage or adoption and may live
under the same roof or in the same compound.
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1. This is a type of family in which the eldest child takes over the role of the
parents to raise the younger brothers and sisters.
2. This is a family in which the couple lives together as man and wife but they
are not married.
4. This is when members from two different families come together to make
up a new family.
5. Another name for a common-law union/family.
6. This is a house and its occupants which are regarded as a unit.
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