True or false questions

If the statement is true, write a T before it; if it is false, write an F and make necessary corrections.

______ The nuclear family is the same as the extended family: it consists of many relatives living in the same house.

______ There is only one kind of family on planet Earth today: it is the traditional extended family.

_______ In the early 1900s in the United States, the divorce rate went up and the birthrate began to decline; couples were staying married shorter and having fewer children.

_______ Before and during World War II, families faced few financial problems in the industrialized world, so women didn’t have to work outside the home. Families were perfect.

_______ After the war, family structure changed back to the traditional family.

_______ From the 1960s on, there were many new changes in the structure of the family around the globe.

 

Answers:

F The extended family is the same as the nuclear family: it consists of many relatives living in the same house.

F There are many kinds of family on planet Earth today: the extended family, the nuclear family, single-parent family, two-paycheck family, blended family and so on.

T

F Before and during World War II, families faced more financial problems in the industrialized world, so women had to work outside the home. Families were not perfect.

T

T