Understanding Social Organisms and Interacting Populations

Social ______, including human(s), live collectively in interacting populations. This interaction is considered social whether they are aware of it or not, and whether the exchange is voluntary or not.

The word '______' derives from the Latin word socii ('allies'). It is particularly derived from the Italian Socii states, historical allies of the Roman Republic (although they rebelled against Rome in the Social War of 91–87 BC).

In the view of Karl Marx, human ______ are intrinsically, necessarily and by definition social ______ who, beyond being 'gregarious creatures', cannot survive and meet their needs other than through social co-operation and association.

The ______ 'socialism', used from the 1830s onwards in France and the United Kingdom, was directly related to what was called the social question.

By contrast, the ______ Max Weber for example defines human action as 'social' if, by virtue of the subjective meanings attached to the action by individuals, it 'takes account of the behavior of others, and is thereby oriented in its course'.