social organization module 1

Question 1

hunter gathering was the only option for food until

Answer 1

argiculture was created

Question 2

what are bands

Answer 2

less than 100 people, with temporary structures cause they are mobile and their material culture is minimal
- everyone is equal in the band

Question 3

what is egalitarian

Answer 3

everyone in agroup is equal

Question 4

describe tribes

Answer 4

few thousands and more permanent architecture, more material culture
- some leadership
famers and pastoralists - animal farmers
- permanent villages
-religious elders and clendrical rituals

Question 5

describe chiefdoms

Answer 5

5000-20,000 people
- large scale monuments
elaborate artwork
ranking under hereditary leading
central accumulation and redistribution of goods
- fortified centres and rituals centres
- hereditary chief with religious duties

Question 6

early states

Answer 6

20,000 or more
places, temples and public buildings
elaborate material culture, craft specialists
class based hierarchy under king or emperor
centralized bureacracy, tribute, taxations, laws
urban, cities, towns, roads
priestly class, pantheistic or monotheistic religion