Ch.5 How Were Societies Organized?

Question 1

Population size: Less than 100

Answer 1

Hunter-Gather (Band)

Question 2

Socio-Political: Egalitarian; informal leadership

Answer 2

Hunter-Gather (Band)

Question 3

Economics: no marked differences in status

Answer 3

Hunter-Gather (band)

Question 4

Settlement Patterns: seasonally occupied camps and other smaller and more specialized sites

Answer 4

Hunter-Gather (band)

Question 5

Religious Organization: Shamans

Answer 5

Hunter-Gather (band)

Question 6

Architecture: temporary shelters

Answer 6

Hunter-Gather (band)

Question 7

Population size: up to a few 1000

Answer 7

Segmentary (tribes)

Question 8

Socio-Political: individual communities integrated into a larger society through kinship ties. Some have a form of hierarchy but not economically or socially discernible

Answer 8

Segmentary (tribes)

Question 9

Economics: settled farmers; pastoralist herders

Answer 9

Segmentary (tribes)

Question 10

Settlement patterns: permanent villages

Answer 10

Segmentary (tribes)

Question 11

Religious Organization: Religious elders; calendrical rituals

Answer 11

Segmentary (tribes)

Question 12

Architecture: permanent huts; burial mounds; shrines

Answer 12

Segmentary (tribes)

Question 13

Population size: 5000-20,000+

Answer 13

Chiefdom

Question 14

Socio-Political: kinship-based ranking under hereditary leader; high-ranking Warriors

Answer 14

Chiefdom

Question 15

Economic: central accumulation and redistribution; some craft specialization

Answer 15

Chiefdom

Question 16

Settlement patterns: fortified centers; ritual centers

Answer 16

Chiefdom

Question 17

Religious organization: hereditary; chief with religious duties

Answer 17

Chiefdom

Question 18

Architecture: large-scale monuments

Answer 18

Chiefdom