PERSIG Notes

Political – how a country is ruled

• make laws and make sure they are obeyed
• different countries are ruled differently (democracy, monarchy, military force, etc.)

Economic – how the people find the means to eat

• has to do with money or resources
• commerce (trade or business)
• jobs (trades and professions)
• agriculture (farming) and manufacturing

Religious – how the people find the meaning to life

• belief systems of people
• explains how beliefs in God (or no God)
• influence the way people behave

Social – how the people get along and interact with each other

• authoritarian society (strict rules)
• deference society (ranking of people)
• egalitarian society (people equal under the law)

Intellectual – how people in a society learn

• inventions a society makes that change life and society (printing, electricity, factories, automobile, etc.)
• big ideas (equality, freedom, etc.)

Geography – how the land affects a nation’s history and people (e.g. living close the resources)

• how people change the land