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Social Structure and Society

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The underlying pattern of social relationships

is called

a)

achieved status

b)

social structure

c)

ascribed status

d)

society

2.

__________ is a society characterized by

the replacement of human labor with mechanical

labor.

a)

postindustrial society

b)

mechanical solidarity

c)

industrial society

d)

preindustrial society

3.

__________ is status that is assigned.

a)

achieved status

b)

roles

c)

ascribed status

d)

master status

4.

____________ is a society that solves the

subsistence problem by learning to grow and

harvest plants.

a)

hunting anf gathering society

b)

agricultural society

c)

industrial society

d)

horticultural society

5.

_______________ is a nomadic society characterized

by economic cooperation.

a)

hunting anf gathering society

b)

agricultural society

c)

industrial society

d)

horticultural society

6.

Status that can be earned is called

a)

achieved status

b)

roles

c)

ascribed status

d)

master status

7.

People living within defined territorial borders

and sharing a common culture are called a

a)

role

b)

status

c)

society

d)

industrial

8.

Culturally defined rights and obligations attached

to statuses are known as

a)

status

b)

societies

c)

roles

d)

culture

9.

The society that releases some people from

the land to engage in noneconomic activities

is called _________.

a)

agricultural society

b)

horticultural society

c)

hunting gathering society

d)

pastoral society

10.

_________ occurs when the roles of a single status are inconsistent or conflicting

a)

role strain

b)

industrial society

c)

role conflict

d)

roles