Society and Social Interaction

Match the description with the type of society.

• Agricultural Societies

• These societies contained a strict hierarchical system of power based around land ownership and protection.

• Hunter-Gatherer Societies

• Farmers learned to rotate the types of crops grown on their fields and to reuse waste products such as fertilizer, which led to better harvests and larger surpluses of food.

• Pastoral Societies

• Relied on the domestication of animals as a resource for survival.

• Horticultural Societies

• When resources became scarce, the group was nomadic, meaning it moved from one location to the next to find sustenance.

• Feudal Societies

• Formed in areas where rainfall and other conditions allowed them to grow stable crops.

Prior to the Industrial Revolution, work was largely _____ or _____-based and relied on human workers or horses to power mills and drive pumps.

True or False: The economy of information societies is driven by knowledge and not material goods, therefore, power lies with those in charge of storing and distributing information.

• True

• False

_____ are the communal beliefs, morals, and attitudes of a society.

• Social Integration

• Collective Conscience

• Collective Norms

Instead of training for years as a watchmaker, an unskilled worker can get a job at a watch factory pressing buttons to seal pieces together. This is an example of _____.

• Alienation from the process of one’s labor

• Alienation from the product of one’s labor

• Alienation from others

• Alienation from one’s self

True or False: According to Weber, a rational society is one built around logic and efficiency rather than morality or tradition.

• True

• False

_____ is the process or act of implanting a convention or norm into society by consensus, both prior and current.

• Habitualization

• Institutionalization

• Rationalization

_____ describes the responsibilities and benefits that a person experiences according to their rank and role in society.

• Roles

• Status

The status of being a son or elderly are examples of an _____.

• Ascribed Status

• Achieved Status

_____ is how a person expresses his or her role.