Answer the Sociology of Evolving Humanity Flashcards

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Ecological-evolutionary theory classifies nonindustrial societies on the basis of their _____________.
traditional (premodern) subsistence technology, or techno-economic heritage (TEH)
Name two industrializing agrarian societies:
Brazil and China
Name two industrializing horticultural societies:
Kenya and Madagascar
Technological change that harnesses greater amounts of nonliving forms of energy to do work is called ________, whereas the changes in attitudes and values that accompany and accomodate this technological change is called ______________.
industrialization.... modernization or modernity
Most industrial horticultural societies are located in _________.
(sub-Saharan) Africa
Between 1961 and 2006, the populations of industrializing agrarian societies were growing about ____ percent per year.
2.1
Between 1961 and 2006, the populations of industrializing horticultural societies were growing about ____ percent per year.
2.6
The two societies with the largest populations in the world today are:
China... India
These two societies are both classified as:
industrializing agrarian
Approx. ___ percent of the economic growth in industrializing horticultural societies between 1961 and 2006 was consumed by population growth.
90
Order the following types of societies in terms of their political rights and civil liberties by average size of their populations (lowest to highest): industrial, industrializing agrarian, industrializing horticultural.
industrializing horticultural... industrializing agrarian... industrial
Order the following types of societies in terms of their levels of economic and technological development (lowest to highest): industrial, industrializing agrarian, industrializing horticultural.
industrializing horticultural... industrializing agrarian... industrial
Order the following types of societies in terms of their average rate of growth per capita GDP (from lowest to highest): industrial, industrializing agrarian, industrializing horticultural.
industrializing horticultural... industrializing agrarian... industrial
Order the following types of societies in terms of income inequality (from lowest to highest): industrial, industrializing agrarian, industrializing horticultural.
industrial... industrializing horticultural/industrializing agrarian (IA and IH are virtually tied)
Order the following types of societies in terms of their average "quality of life" and average income (from lowest to highest): industrial, industrializing agrarian, industrializing horticultural.
industrializing horticultural... industrializing agrarian... industrial