CHAPTER 3

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1. The three most basic classifications for societies, in order of simplest to the most complex, are

agricultural, industrial/postindustrial, and hunting and gathering.
industrial/postindustrial, agricultural, and hunting and gathering.
hunting and gathering, agricultural, and industrial/postindustrial.
hunting and gathering, industrial/postindustrial, and agricultural.

2. Which of the following is not a condition that leads to an older person receiving support in a hunting and gathering society?

The older person retains control of an important resource.
The older person has a role to play in social life.
The society values group well-being over personal development.
The older person is a member of the dominant class.

3. Older Inuit women have an easier transition into old age than the men because

they can continue to perform their chores until advanced old age.
there are fewer women in the Inuit society than men, and therefore the Inuit society remains tolerant of aged woman.
Inuit society traditionally respects older woman, while older men, because of their physical decline, lose the respect of the group.
they can pass the heavier work on to younger women and spend more time caring for the children.

4. In general, simple societies vary in how they treat the aged. Treatment, however, often depends on what factor?

How much the older person contributes to or takes from the group.
The traditional role of the aged in the society.
The physical condition of the older person.
The attitude of the younger members of the society towards the older members.

5. According to the text, parents selling the land to their children often kept a few acres for themselves

as further incentive to the young to maintain good relations with the parents.
for recreation.
to give as gifts to grandchildren.
to maintain their independence in old age.