1. TYPES OF SOCIETIES WHAT DEFINES A SOCIETY?

2. SOCIETY IS ANY GROUP OF PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN DEFINED TERRITORIAL BORDERS AND WHO SHARE AC COMMON CULTURE. THESE PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER TO MEET EACH OTHER’S NEEDS

3. HUNTING AND GATHERING SOCIETY

4. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY WHEN EARLY PEOPLE LEARN TO GROW AND HARVEST CERTAIN PLANTS INSTEAD OF SEARCHING FOR THEM. THEY USED SIMPLE TOOLS

5. PASTORAL SOCIETIES

6. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

7. INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY (MECHANIZATION AND URBANIZATION)

8. GEMEINSCHAFT VS GESELLSCHAFT German sociologist, Ferdinand Tonnies, came up with a theory about pre/industrial societies. Gemeinschaft said that preindustrial society was based upon tradition, kinship, and close social ties. Gesellschaft said that an industrial society characterized by weak family ties, competition and impersonal social relationships

9. EMILE DURKHEIM CAME UP WITH A SIMILAR THEORY CALLED SOCIAL SOLIDARITY Mechanical Solidarity is a type of social unity achieved by people doing the same type of work and holding similar values Organic Solidarity is a type of social unity in which members’ interdependence is based on specialized functions and statuses