ASB 222 Exam 4 Questions with Correct Answers
Question 1:
Social Inequality
Answer:
The existence of unequal opportunities and rewards for different social positions or statutes
within a group or society
Question 2:
Institutional Discrimination
Answer:
The unjust and discriminatory mistreatment of an individualor group of individuals by society
and its institutions as a whole, through unequal selection or bias, intentional or unintentional;
as opposed to individuals making a conscious choice to discriminate
Question 3:
Hierarchy
Answer:
A system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according
to status or authority
Question 4:
Egalitarianism
Answer:
Believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities
Question 5:
Sustainability
Answer:
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs
, Question 6:
State Societies-Vanished states also leave very visible imprints on the archaeological
record-have over 50,000 people
Answer:
-All modern states have literate people-all of these societies share common characteristics that
appear independently in different regions of the world
Question 7:
Institutional Discrimination
Answer:
The unjust and discriminatory mistreatment of an individual
Question 8:
-all of these societies share common characteristics that appear independently in different
regions of the world -modern state societies have over 1,000,000 people-rely heavily on
agriculture and reproduction-highly centralized (political power is concentrated among
individuals)-modern state societies have over 1,000,000 people-rely heavily on agriculture and
reproduction-highly centralized (political power is concentrated among individuals) -modern
state societies have over 1,000,000 people -rely heavily on agriculture and reproduction -highly
centralized (political power is concentrated among individuals) -modern state societies have
over 1,000,000 people -rely heavily on agriculture and reproduction -highly centralized (political
power is concentrated among individuals) State Societies: Where
Answer:
-Typically on coast lines
Question 9:
-Earliest appear in the Middle East (Mesopotamia 6-5,000 years ago) State Societies:
Characteristics do other things
-Labor specialization, pot maker, engineer
-Economic specialization is more prominent in state societies
-Large urban centers or cities
-Cities have interdependence between cities and rural communities
-cities depend on villages for food
-STATE CAN FUNCTION w/o CITIES,CITY CANNOT FUNCTION w/o STATE
Answer:
-Rely on a food system where few feed many -Food
Question 1:
Social Inequality
Answer:
The existence of unequal opportunities and rewards for different social positions or statutes
within a group or society
Question 2:
Institutional Discrimination
Answer:
The unjust and discriminatory mistreatment of an individualor group of individuals by society
and its institutions as a whole, through unequal selection or bias, intentional or unintentional;
as opposed to individuals making a conscious choice to discriminate
Question 3:
Hierarchy
Answer:
A system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according
to status or authority
Question 4:
Egalitarianism
Answer:
Believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities
Question 5:
Sustainability
Answer:
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs
, Question 6:
State Societies-Vanished states also leave very visible imprints on the archaeological
record-have over 50,000 people
Answer:
-All modern states have literate people-all of these societies share common characteristics that
appear independently in different regions of the world
Question 7:
Institutional Discrimination
Answer:
The unjust and discriminatory mistreatment of an individual
Question 8:
-all of these societies share common characteristics that appear independently in different
regions of the world -modern state societies have over 1,000,000 people-rely heavily on
agriculture and reproduction-highly centralized (political power is concentrated among
individuals)-modern state societies have over 1,000,000 people-rely heavily on agriculture and
reproduction-highly centralized (political power is concentrated among individuals) -modern
state societies have over 1,000,000 people -rely heavily on agriculture and reproduction -highly
centralized (political power is concentrated among individuals) -modern state societies have
over 1,000,000 people -rely heavily on agriculture and reproduction -highly centralized (political
power is concentrated among individuals) State Societies: Where
Answer:
-Typically on coast lines
Question 9:
-Earliest appear in the Middle East (Mesopotamia 6-5,000 years ago) State Societies:
Characteristics do other things
-Labor specialization, pot maker, engineer
-Economic specialization is more prominent in state societies
-Large urban centers or cities
-Cities have interdependence between cities and rural communities
-cities depend on villages for food
-STATE CAN FUNCTION w/o CITIES,CITY CANNOT FUNCTION w/o STATE
Answer:
-Rely on a food system where few feed many -Food
