Social Studies - SUR Quiz

Survival

The strategies that a culture uses to provide it’s members with the necessities of life.

Necessity

Something that is required or essential.

Foraging

The group lives directly off of hunting, fishing, and gathering. They are either nomadic or semi-nomadic.

Nomadic

The people move from place to place all of the time. They do not have permanent homes.

Semi-nomadic

People move from place to place, usually because of weather or the seasons.

Consensus

100% agreement

Pastoralism/Herding

The survival pattern where the people survive through the herding of animals. They do not eat their herd animals, instead they live off of their by-products.

By-product

An item that is obtained from an animal without killing the animal.

Monogamy

1 man + 1 woman at a time

Polygyny

1 husband, more than 1 wife

Polyandry

1 wife, more than 1 husband

Horticulture/Subsistence Farming

A survival pattern in which the people live in sedentary villages and survive through small scale farming. They live off of the foods they grow.

Urban

City

Suburban

Outside of city

Rural

Countryside

Sedentary

The people live in permanent homes, in settled communities.

Staple

Main crop

Surplus

Extra to sell

Agriculture/Cash Economy

A survival pattern where people live in sedentary communities of all different sizes and work at a wide range of activities. Food and other necessities are obtained with cash.

Egalitarian

Everyone is equal

Nonegalitarian

Not everyone is equal.

Band

The group that foragers live in. It is made up of several families (usually between 20-40 people) that travel, live and work together. What the Mbuti live in.

Tribe

Contains 200-400 people across several villages, what the Dodoth live in.

Chief

A Dodoth leader.