Groups & Institutions
Society Training Grounds
The Economy
Government: Meeting Society’s Need
Vocabulary
100

The social institution teaches us how to fit into society by learning rules

What is Education?

100

The education institution provides structure to follow these.

What is rules?

100

The market is where people go to exchange these

What are goods and services

100

The process of learning how to behave politically

What is political Socialization? 

100

Specific expectations about what our behavior should be.

What are rules?

200

The most basic social institution, we are born into it.

What is family?

200

The family social institutions provide food and this

What is shelter?

200

System for distributing goods and services

What is an Economy?

200

A monarchy is rules by one of these

What is a King/Queen?

200

Families made up of adults and their children from previous relationships or marriages

What is Blended Family?

300

This social institution makes laws to keep order

What is Government?

300

The religion social institution provides a moral sense of this

What is right & wrong?

300

This is when you exchange goods and services for other goods and services (no money was exchanged)

What is the Barter System?

300

The most basic and important laws are found in this

What is the constitution?

300

Person who uses, consumes or buys good and services

What is a consumer?

400

This social institution provides comfort and answers questions about death.

What is Religion?

400

The percentage of 1-family households in 2000.

What is 31%?

400

The the freedom to try to achieve our dreams and choose our lifestyle in our economy

What are benefits?

400

A demonstration of love and devotion for one’s country

What is Patriotism? 

400

The amount you pay for a good or service

What is money?

500

This social institution provides us with goods and services

What is Economy?

500

These 3 social institutions help shape the behavior and values of our society.

What is Family, Education & Religion?

500

The freedom to own property, buy and sell, compete, make a profit and choose an occupation 

What are the five freedoms?

500

This social institution meets the needs of society

What is Government?

500

Government in which the power is shared by all the people

What is a democracy?