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1. The Concept of Society"

2. Characteristics of Society Society comprises of a group of people who share a common culture, live in a particular area and feel themselves to constitute a unified and distinct entity.

3. Society has the following characteristics: It is a social system It is relatively large It endures, produces and sustains its members for generations- It holds its members through a common culture. It has clearly defined geographical territory.

4. Society has the following characteristics: It is a social system It is relatively large It endures, produces and sustains its members for generations- It holds its members through a common culture. It has clearly defined geographical territory.

5. Major Functions of Society A society is important because they have the following functions: It provides a system of socialization. It provides the basic needs of its members. It regulates and controls people's behavior. It provides the means of social participation. It provides mutual support to the members.

6. TYPES OF SocietiES Feudal Societies - The aristocrats (feudal lords) owned the wealth of the country due to their ownership of big tracts of lands. The peasants worked on the lands of the feudal lords with only few benefits received by them. However, these types of societies collapsed due to the rise of cities and metropolis as a result of the rise of trades and industries.

7. TYPES OF SocietiES Capitalists Societies - These societies existed in societies where two classes of people appeared. The bourgeoise (property owners) who owned the capital and the means of production and the proletariat (the laborers or workers) who are compelled to work for the capitalists or sell their small properties to the capitalists.

8. Democratic Societies - These societies are characterized by free enterprise where people are free to engage in any lawful business for profit or gain. People had to work. on their own livelihood according to what the law mandates.

9. Dissolution of a Society Ways by which a society is dissolved:

10. Dissolution of a Society Ways by which a society is dissolved: When the people kill each other through civil revolution

11. Dissolution of a Society Ways by which a society is dissolved: When an outside force exterminates the members of the society.

12. Dissolution of a Society Ways by which a society is dissolved: when the members become apathetic among themselves or have no more sense of belongingness.

13. Dissolution of a Society Ways by which a society is dissolved: When a small society is absorbed by a stronger and larger society by means of conquest or territorial absorption.

14. Dissolution of a Society Ways by which a society is dissolved: When an existing society is submerged in water killing all the people and other living things in it

15. Dissolution of a Society Ways by which a society is dissolved: When the people living in such a society voluntarily attach themselves to another existing society.