Society Types Quiz

One characteristic of a Pastoral Society is ...

• They only hunt for their food

• They train (domesticate) animals for food (sheep, goats, cattle)

• They always have extra (surplus) food

Pastoral Societies are usually ...

• very large (100 or more people)

• medium small (10-20 people)

• very small (5-10 people)

Something that is true of Pastoral and Hunter Gatherer societies are ..

• They are nomadic or migrate (move)

• They farm crops

• They both domesticate (train) animals

Hunter gatherer societies ...

• Grow crops just for their own people

• Grow crops and usually have a surplus (extra) crops

• Hunt wild animals and are constantly on the move

Hunter gatherer societies have a group size of ...

• medium small - 10-20 people

• very small - basically one family (5-10 people)

• large enough for a village or city (50 plus people)

The largest society group when it comes to population (amount of people) is ...

• agricultural

• pastoral

• hunter gatherer

One reason why agricultural societies are so big (population wise) is because ...

• They hunt for their food and there is always plenty of animals for food

• they grow their own food and eventually end up with a surplus (extra), which means no one goes hungry and they can feed more people

• they domesticate (train) their animals so they can have food

Tribal societies

• have one person totally in charge

• do not really have a leader, as the work is separated equally among the small tribe

• have multiple leaders to help with the big population

Tribal societies are usually the smallest societies in population because ... (multi answer)

• they are usually hunter gatherers

• they are basically family only groups

• they grow food year round

A benefit of a Chiefdom is ...

• there is a clear leader or ruling family for laws and organization

• they hunt and gather

• they have many leaders