Chapter 4 Quiz 2 Terms Flashcards
A set of people who interact on a backs of shared expectations and who possess some degree of common identity
Group
The way society uses technology to provide for the needs of its members
Substance strategies
Food production which is carried out through the use of a human and animal labor is the main economic activity
Preindustrial society
Daily collection of wild plants and the hunting wild animals
Hunting and gathering
Rely on domesticated herd of animals to meet their foods
Pastoral society
Specialization by individuals or groups in the performance of specific economic activities
Division of labor
Fruits and vegetables grown in a garden plots that have been cleared form the jungle or forest provide the main source of food
Horticulture society
Animals are used to pull plows to till he fields
Agriculture
The exchange of food service
Barter
The emphasis shifts from the production of food to the production of manufactured goods
Industrial society
The concentration of the population in cities
Urbanization
When much of the economy is involved in providing information and service
Post industrial society
What preindustrial societies are held together
Mechanical solidarity
Impersonal social relationships that arise with increase specialization in which individuals can no longer provide for all their own needs
Organic solidarity
Smallest group possible, a group with two members
Dyad