Society and Social Interaction

Match the description with the type of society.

• Horticultural Societies

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

• Feudal Societies

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

• Agricultural Societies

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

• Hunter-Gatherer Societies

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

• Pastoral 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.

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.