Lesson 2

Question 1

Refers to a group of people who live in a definable territory and share the same culture

Answer 1

Society

Question 2

Consists of the people and institutions around us, our shared beliefs, and our cultural ideas

Answer 2

Society

Question 3

Before the industrial revolution and the widespread use of machines, societies were small, rural and dependent largely on local resources

Answer 3

Traditional Society

Question 4

Economic production was limited to the amount of labor a human being could provide and there were few specialized occupations.

Answer 4

Traditional society

Question 5

The very first occupation

Answer 5

Hunter-gatherer

Question 6

Demonstrate the strongest dependence on the environment of the various types of pre-industrial societies

Answer 6

Hunter-gatherer societies

Question 7

As the basic structure of human society until about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago, these groups were based around kinship or tribes

Answer 7

Hunter-gatherer societies

Question 8

Changing conditions and adaptations led some societies to rely on the domestication of animals where circumstances permitted.

Answer 8

Pastoral Society

Question 9

Roughly 7, 500 years ago, human societies began to recognize their ability to tame and breed animals and to grow and cultivate their own plants

Answer 9

Pastoral Society

Question 10

Around the same time that pastoral societies were on the rise, another type of society developed, based on the newly developed capacity for people to grow and cultivate plants

Answer 10

Horticultural Society

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Horticultural Society

Question 12

While pastoral and horticultural societies used small, temporary tools such as digging sticks or hoes, this society relied on permanent tools for survival

Answer 12

Agricultural Society

Question 13

Around 3000 BCE, an explosion of new technology known as the _____ ____ made farming possible–and profitable

Answer 13

Agricultural Revolution

Question 14

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 bigger surpluses of food

Answer 14

Farmers

Question 15

New tools for digging and harvesting were made of this, and this made them more effective and long lasting

Answer 15

metal

Question 16

The ninth century gave rise to this type of society. These societies contained a strict hierarchical system of power based around land ownership and protection

Answer 16

Feudal Society

Question 17

They are also known as lords, placed vassals in charge of pieces of land. In return for the resources that the land provided, vassals promised to fight for their lords

Answer 17

Nobility

Question 18

Promised to fight for their lords

Answer 18

Vassals

Question 19

From about 1750 to the present, productive technology: advanced sources of energy; mechanized production. Population size: millions of people. Settlement: cities contain most of the population. Distinct political, religious, educational, economic and family systems; highly specialized; social inequality persists, diminishing over time

Answer 19

Industrial Societies

Question 20

5 major types of societies

Answer 20

Hunting and Gathering Society, Horticultural Society, Agricultural Society, Pastoral Society, Industrial Society