Reading Activities and Notes
Types of Societies and Their Components
Directions: Read Chapter 4 Section 3 and answer the analysis questions for each type of society in the boxes from the first column. Write the answers
in the appropriate boxes.
Hunting and
Gathering
1.
2.
3.
1.
2.
1. They find
their food
from the wild
Food Production
nature.
Where do they find their
2.wild plants
food?
and wild
What makes up their diet? animals
How do they collect their
3. collecting
food?
plants and
a. What technology is
hunting
used to find and collect
animals
the food?
a. They might
use some
hunting tools
like archery.
1.No
2.Family
Type of Settlements
Do people in this society
because most
have a permanent
social
residence?
members are
What types of settlements related by
are common of this type
birth or
of society? Why?
marriage
Pastoral
Industrial Societies
Post Industrial
Societies
Horticulture
Agricultural
1. Their animal
farms
2. herd animals
3. domesticating
herd animals and
then use them as
food
a. Tools for
domesticating
animals
1. Their garden
plots
2. fruits and
vegetables
3. Harvesting
the plants in
their garden
plots.
a. Slash-andburn method
1. Planting fields
2. The plants that they
grow
3. Harvesting the
products from their
crops
a. Using animals to
pull plows to till the
fields
1. Factory
2. Food made from
factory
3. Producing food by
using humans and
animals
a. Machines
1. Food store
2. Fast food
3. Using money to
buy food
a. Electronic
devices
1.No
2. Division of labor
because each
individual has
different specific
skills
1.Yes
2.Villages
because they
can stay in one
area for a long
period
1. Yes
2. Cities because there
are many specialized
roles
1.Yes
2.Urbanization because
people move to the
areas that factories are
built
1.Yes
2. Company
because they
provide information
and services.
Reading Activities and Notes
Division of Labor
1. What types of jobs exist
within this society?
2. Why does this kind of
society contain these jobs?
Or, why doesn’t it contain
more types of jobs?
Individual/Group Status
1. What types of statuses
exist in this particular kind
of society?
2. How or why do these
statuses exist?
Economic Activity
1. How does this society
acquire goods and
services?
2. What type of economic
system exists? (Barter,
currency, etc.)
Technology
1. What tools are used in the
production of goods and
services and for
entertainment?
1.Hunting and
collecting
2. Because
this society
gets food
from animals
and plants.
1.Domestication
2. Because people
in this society need
food from herd
animals.
1.Planting fruits
and vegetables
2. Because
these are the
source of
people’s food.
1. Planting crops
2. Because people need
the products of the
crops to be their food.
1. Manufacturing goods
2. Because people in
the societies need these
essential goods.
Hunting and
Gathering
Pastoral
Horticulture
Agricultural
Industrial Societies
1.Hunter
2.Because
people hunt
for food
1.Animal
husbandman
2.Because
domesticating herd
animals is the main
job in this society
1.Farmer
2.Because the
main food in
this society
comes from the
products in the
garden plots
1.Agriculturist
2.Because planting
crops is the main job
here
1.Service and
informative workers
1.Factory workers
2.Bacause much of
2.Because people in this economy is
society focus on
involved in
manufactured goods
providing
information and
service
1.Exchanging
with other
families
2.Barter
1.Exchanging with
others
2.Barter
1.Exchanging
with other
villages
2.Barter
1.Using money as the
medium of exchange
2. Trading
1.Using money as the
medium of exchange
2. Trading
1.Using money as
the medium of
exchange
2. Trading
1.Hunting
tools
1.Tools for
domesticating
1.Farming tools
1.Planting tools
1.Machines
1.Electronic tools
such as telephone
1. Providing
information and
services
2. Because the
society is a lot
developed.
Post Industrial
Societies