Ch 6 - Societies to Social Networks

Social inequality

________: because some families (or clans) acquired more goods than others.

Industrial Society

________: when goods are produced by machines powered by fuels instead of the force of humans and animals.

Horticulture

________ (or gardening) societies: societies which are based on the cultivation of plants by the use of hand tools.

Shaman

________: an individual thought to be able to influence spiritual forces and help obtain food.

Dawn of Civilisation

________: when fundamental inventions occurred, such as the wheel and language (writing and numbers)

domestication of animals

The ________ and plants is the first social revolution, as a dependable food supply allows groups to grow larger.

Great Britain

Began in ________ in 1756 when the steam engine was first used.

steam engine

The ________ was a push towards social inequality, workers had few legal rights, they could not unionise or have the right to safe working conditions.

edible fruits

It is the science and art of producing ________, vegetables, flowers, herbs, and ornamental plants, improving and commercialising them.

disproportionate subsistence

They are groups that have a(n) ________ emphasis on herding domesticated livestock.

Culture

________: activities such as philosophy, art, music, literature and architecture.

Pastoral

________ (or Herding) societies: societies are based on the pasturing of animals.

A Group

people who interact with one another and who think of themselves as belonging together

Shaman

an individual thought to be able to influence spiritual forces and help obtain food

Nomadic

they move from one location to another

Egalitarian

believe that people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities

Pastoral (or Herding) societies

societies are based on the pasturing of animals

Horticulture (or gardening) societies

societies which are based on the cultivation of plants by the use of hand tools

Social Revolution

way of passing from a socioeconomic formation that has become historically obsolete to a more progressive one

Social inequality

because some families (or clans) acquired more goods than others

Culture

activities such as philosophy, art, music, literature and architecture

Dawn of Civilisation

when fundamental inventions occurred, such as the wheel and language (writing and numbers)

Industrial Society

when goods are produced by machines powered by fuels instead of the force of humans and animals

Postindustrial societies

one that has transitioned from an economy of goods to an economy of services and has increased the rate of innovation and invention of new technologies and explored their application

Biotech Society

is a society whose economy increasingly centres on applying and altering genetic structures (both plants and animals to produce food, medicine, and materials

Human cloning

is the creation of a genetically identical copy of a human

Artificial Human Cloning

reproduction of human cells and tissue