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Sociology Review: Social Structure and Society
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Social Structure
Status
Ascribed status
Achieved status
Status set
Master status
Role
Right
Obligations
Role performance
Social interaction
Role conflict
Role strain
Society
Hunting and gathering society
Horticultural society
Pastoral societies
Agricultural society
Industrial society
Mechanization
Urbanization
Gemeinschaft
Gesellschaft
Organic Solidarity
Postindustrial Solidarity
 Value = 10 points towards
test grade
 Must be completed on a
separate sheet of paper
 No credit will be given if
review is incomplete
 Must number key terms and
questions.
Questions:
1. What type of status best describes the following:
a. Wife, mother, author, church choir director
b. Electrician, spouse
c. President of the U.S., Professional athlete
d. Sex, Gender, race
e. Daughter, son
f. Quarterback, coach, fan, trainer
2. What’s the difference between a pastoral society and an agricultural society?
3. What type of society did a class system first appear?
4. Why are blood relationships less important in an industrial society than in a
preindustrial society?
5. What do sociologists mean by a social structure? (not just the definition)
6. What are the time periods that each preindustrial society existed?