Types of Society Flashcards
The key economic practice of pre-industrial
carried out with the use of human and
animal labor. These cultures are in
turn, subdivided according to their
level of technology and their food producing processes.
Pre-Industrial Societies
The main method of food production in these
communities is collecting wild plants and
hunting wild animals on a daily basis. As
nomads, humans gather and search for
food.
Hunting and Gathering Societies
The dominant method of food production during
this time was pastoralism or animal husbandry,
raising livestock on natural pastures. It was
more successful than the method of
subsistence.
Pastoral Societies
Such communities had studied how to cultivate
fruits and vegetables grown in the garden plots
that later became their main food source.
Horticultural Societies
Societies that implemented technical advancements
in agriculture to grow crops over a wide area. This
provided regular food provision since production
was made in larger quantities in regular
intervals.
Agrarian Societies
Several groups became wealthy and willing to
acquire lands as an offshoot of the increased food
chain and proclaimed them to be their own
territory. This system is based on land
ownership.
Feudal Society
In the 15th and 16th centuries, an economic system called
capitalism developed that started to replace feudalism.
Capitalism, which is the acquisition or amassing of wealth
predominated industrial societies. It is marked by open
competition, free trade and the freedom to possess
private property. More economic activity in European
societies was encouraged by the influx of foreign
metals, silk and spices into the economy.
Industrial Society
More advanced economies emerged which were
known as post-industrial societies dominated by
information, services, and high technology. The
production of commodities was within the
hallmarks of these societies. Advanced
industrial economies moved toward rising or
increasing the output in the service sectors over
manufacturing and production.
Post-Industrial Societies
