Exam 4: Culture and Subsistence Technology

Weber was a predecessor of Karl Marx.

____ are groups of clans usually linked by marriage and politics.

What are the two primary classes in agrarian societies?

A network with more ties between people in the network is said to be more ____.

Marx predicted that workers would eventually rebel and bring about a socialist society.

According to Marx, ____ is a group of people who share the same relationship to the means of production.

Marx was the first sociologist to focus on "class" and see it as central to social life.

What have social scientists found out about the characteristics of social networks?

Weak ties are ties between ______.

___ is the pattern of ties or connections between individuals or groups.

Bernie Madoff found investors through networks of friends and acquaintances.

An extended family who's lineage traces decent along the male line is said to be ____.

Weber is famous for the quote, "Workers of the World Unite"

Most ties that bind people together are ____ ties

Generally, as societies grow larger, kinship becomes more important as a basis of social groups.

Why are your friends likely to have more friends than you do?

Give examples of how people from the same status groups tend to socialize with one another.

Differentiate between status groups, classes and parties.Give examples of each.

What are the means of production in Agrarian societies?

For Weber, party affiliation could have as much as an effect on a person's life chances as class.