Paper 1 · Family and Conflict Resolution
In Indigenous Religion, the type of family made up of a father, a mother and their own children only is called the ............ family.
Model answer
nuclear
Also accepted: nuclear family
Explanation: The nuclear family is the smallest family type, consisting of the two parents and their own children. It is distinguished from the extended family, which adds grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins, and from the polygamous family, in which one husband has more than one wife.
Derived from ZIMSEC Family and Religious Studies 4047/1, Specimen Paper (2018 batch), Q1