Vocabulary
This key concept is defined as the unwritten social rules that help people get along smoothly without needing an official law.
Norms
Considered the basic building block or fundamental unit of any society.
Family
This term describes the main goal or overall purpose of an organization.
Function
The overall lens or set of beliefs a person uses to see, understand, and judge the world around them.
Worldview
The academic field dedicated to studying how human groups and societies work, grow, and solve problems.
Sociology
This term describes the harmful belief that your own culture or group is better than everyone else's.
Ethnocentrism
According to sociologists, this exact number of different types of societies exists in the world
Six (6)
This term refers to the actual jobs, activities, or direct actions an organization performs to help people.
Service
These core First Nations values specifically guided their approach when negotiating and signing Treaties with the government. (1 of 5)
Harmony, Trust, Sharing, Conservation, Sustainability
This word was historically used to describe a simple, early stage of human development focused primarily on basic survival needs.
Primitive
These are the basic physical structures a community builds and uses, such as roads, hospitals, schools, and power lines
Infrastructure
Unlike a culture, a society is composed of people with different cultures who live together and share this
Common Understanding/Experiences/History
A priest delivering a sermon to people is an example of an institution's service, whereas providing faith and spirituality represents this.
The Institution's Function
Being open-minded affects a person's worldview by allowing it to do this as they encounter new opinions and information.
Grow/Change
European colonizers believed their society was ____________, in order to create a false hierarchy and justify the historical practice of colonialism.
Civilized
This term refers to how respectfully people solve disagreements using official rules and courts instead of fighting
Civility
Historical practices, celebrations, and customs passed down from generation to generation.
Traditions
While providing law and order is a primary function of government, this action carried out by local police officers serves as the institution's service.
Patrolling/enforcing laws
Internal rules that guide an individual in choosing between right and wrong behavior are called these.
Morals
Sociologists compare different societies by looking at up to this total number of key features.
Eighteen (18)
Defined as a person's rank or level in society, this status is typically based on factors such as wealth, fame, job, or power
Social Status
Basic protections guaranteed to citizens by law. Societies have to balance these with public safety.
Rights and Responsibilities
These are the specific actions and duties a person is expected to fulfill within their job or role in an organization
Expectations
Elements such as art, architecture, literature, and school systems reflect these two foundational concepts of a society.
Values and Beliefs
Ethnocentrism historically hurt Indigenous peoples by dismissing their culture and forcing them to adopt European norms under this system.
Assimilation