Student Handout #2

How are the activities of a society affected by technology?

Economic Activities Social Activities Political Activities Religion and Ethics Art Activities
  • way people produce, use, and distribute property, goods, and wealth
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  • relationship patterns within society
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  • the governance of society
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  • the way people in society relate to what they perceive to be the myster-ious, the unknown, and the supernatural
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  • the way people in this society express their beliefs, values, and aspirations in the realm of art, music, literature, architecture, etc
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  • skills that are necessary for the production of goods
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  • how relationship patterns are determined
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  • structure of government
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  • the way the society determines what is right and wrong
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  • what people in this society consider beautiful
  • economic roles of men and women and how these roles differ
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  • social customs pertaining to eating, manner of dress, physical appearance
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  • the different political roles of men and women
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  • beliefs, practices, and rituals that characterize relig-ious activities within this society
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  • ideas that are used to justify the economic structure of society
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  • relationships between the sexes, among races, and among ethnic groups
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  • the enforcement and implementation of society's decisions
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  • the differing religious roles of men and women
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  • relationships between parents and children
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  • the way society deals with disorder and crime
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  • ideas used to justify the religious/ethical belief system of this society
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  • social divisions within society
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  • ideas used to justify the political stru-ture of society
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  • privileges extended to some social groups and not to
    others
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