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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A household or family unit consisting of one adult - either male or






2. Immediate disposition of the body with no form or funeral rite at the time of disposition






3. Rites with the body present






4. A household or family unit consisting of father and mother - all






5. Any of the basic divisions or groups of humankind distinguished by customs -






6. A social grouping in which members possess roughly equivalent culturally valued






7. Any disposition of human remains - which is completely devoid






8. A social grouping in which members possess roughly equivalent culturally valued






9. The father rules the family; power is passed to the oldest male child






10. The study of death derived from the name thanatos - God of Death






11. Living or happening in the same period






12. A process by which a person learns the norms of his culture by observation of others in his society.






13. Existential (relating to - or dealing with existense) statements about the physical and social world






14. The combustion of a dead human body to its essential inorganic elements by rapid oxidation






15. A funeral rite that follows a prescribed ritual or ceremony that






16. Behaviors which are construed as somewhat less compulsive than mores of the same society






17. The change from rural to urban in character






18. Rites of funeralization usually assoicated with pre-literature societies






19. A division - or smaller identifiable unit of culture - connected to that culture






20. Social behavior as dictated by the tradition of the people.






21. Male and female have equal rights - duties and governing power.






22. An event that allows those who have something in common with each






23. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others






24. A division - or smaller identifiable unit of culture - connected to that culture






25. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






26. Ceremonies centering around transition in life from one status to






27. Any acton performed during a rite which may or may not have symbolic meaning to the participants or observer of the acftion






28. The offspring or children of a specific set of parents






29. Two unrelated adults of the opposite sex sharing the same living quarters.






30. Rites with the body present






31. Any single action or series of actions performed during a rite which contains symbolic meanins to the participants and observers of the rite.






32. Living or happening in the same period






33. The science of social groups; the processes that tend to maintain or changethese forms of organizations and the relations between groups and individuals






34. A culturally entrenched pattern of behavior made up of: 1) sacred beliefs -






35. Any society which exists in a stage of develpment prior to the invention of the written word in their culture






36. The creation of a system which governs through departments and






37. Of or characteristic of the present or recent times; not ancient - often used to






38. The mother rules the family; a woman holding a position analogous to that






39. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






40. A household - or family unit consisting of one man and one woman






41. A funeral rite that follows a prescribed ritual or ceremony that






42. The change from rural to urban in character






43. The tendency of offspring to move away from the area in which they were






44. A group of persons forming a single community with some interests in






45. An event that allows those who have something in common with each






46. Any of the basic divisions or groups of humankind distinguished by customs -






47. Dealing with agriculture






48. Individual crafting of products is replaced by manufacture of goods






49. A group of persons forming a single community with some interests in






50. Must behavior that dictates the individual must abstain from certain acts