Sociology: chapter 4: society by John
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Bourgeoisie Ans: French word meaning "people of the town"
bourgeoisie controlled factories becoming richer and richer so
that they soon rivaled the ancient landowning nobility
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Marx noted 4 ways in which capitalism alienates workers: Ans:
1. Alienation from the act of working.
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2. Alienation from the products of work
3. Alienation from other workers
4. Alienation from human potential
Socialism Ans: A system of production that could provide for
the social needs of all
Bureaucracy Ans: The growth of large, rational organizations is
one of the defining traits of modern societies( weber believe
that Bureaucracy has much in common with capitalism)
Mechanical solidarity Ans: ____ Solidarity guides the social life
of individuals
Industrialization and the ___ weaken traditional bonds, so that
social life in modern societies is characterized
by _____ Ans: Division of labor, Organic solidarity
, 2
Society Ans: People who interact in a defined territory and
share a culture
Sociocultural evolution Ans: Lenski term for the changes that
occur as a society gains new technology
Making use of simple tools to hunt animals and gather
vegetation for food Ans: Hunting and gathering
Horticulture Ans: The use of hand tools to raise crops
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Pastoralism Ans: Domestication of animals
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Agriculture Ans: Large scale cultivation using plows harnessed
to animals or more powerful energy sources
Industrialism Ans: The production of goods using advanced
sources of energy to drive large machinery
Post industrialism Ans: The production of information using
computer technology(coined by Daniel Bell 1973)
*Raise animals for food and use hand tools to raise crops
* show greater specialization of work
* show increasing level of social inequality Ans: Horticultural
and Pastoral societies
* Having only a few dozen members, are built around the
family and are nomadic