In Anthropological Terms, a Civilization Refers To

question 29

Multiple Choice

In anthropological terms, a civilization refers to:

• A) a complex urban society with a high level of cultural achievement in the art and sciences, craft specialization, a surplus of food and/or labor, and a hierarchically stratified social organization.
• B) a wide range of social formations that lie between egalitarian foragers and ranked societies that are normally horticultural and sedentary with a higher level of competition than seen among nomadic hunter-gatherers.
• C) any society that has the power to coerce, that includes military and fiscal specialists, and that is controlled by elites.
• D) any stratified society that practices full-time agriculture.