How many children born in industrial today will live to be 15 years of age?
99%
If the world were to return to the agrarian society, what would happen?
75% would parish
When and where did the Industrial Society form?
England 1760
Sociology
the study and classification of human societies
Norms
rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members
Culture
Symbol systems and the information they convey; the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization
System
An entity made up of interrelated parts
Forces that go into sociocultural evolution
Continuity, innovation, and selection
Development of human society
Gene, culture, and environment
Technology
Cultural information about the ways in which the material resources of the environment may be used to satisfy human needs and desires
demographic variables
The 3 factors that influence population growth, fertility, mortality, & net migration
genetic variables
skin color, hair texture, height, body type
What are the key elements of hunting and gathering society?
Nomadic, women gather while men hunt, and based upon age and sex/gender
headman
the head of a tribe or clan
shaman
medicine man
Median
An "average" or measure of central tendency that is the middle number in a series of numbers arranged in order from lowest to highest
labor intensive industry
An industry which depends on large numbers of workers to produce its products
capital intensive industry
An industry which depends the means of production are privately owned and the basic problems of production and distribution are settled within a market system, with minimal governmental regulation or control
industrial revolution
the revolution on technology that began ion England in the 18th century and has since spread through most of the world system
oligopoly
A market structure in which only a FEW sellers offer similar or identical products
monopoly
a market in which there are many buyers but only ONE seller
Adam Smith
Scottish political economist and philosopher. His Wealth of Nations (1776) laid the foundations of classical free-market economic theory, government should not interfere with economics. Advocates Laissez Faire and founder of "invisible hand
welfare state
A system in which the government takes responsibility for its citizen's social and economic needs.
subsistence economy
a type of economy in which human groups live off the land with little or no surplus
market economy
an economic system based on free enterprise, in which businesses are privately owned, and production and prices are determined by supply and demand
command economy
A system in which the central government makes all economic decisions
vertical mobility
the movement of an individual from one social position to another of a different rank
Children in industrial societies live to about what age?
75 years old
Why do women earn less than men?
Women are concentrated on lower paying jobs
crude death rate
The number of deaths per year per 1,000 people.