The Foundations of the State-A Social and Political Unit Featuring

question 32

Multiple Choice

The foundations of the state-a social and political unit featuring a central government, extreme contrasts of wealth, and social classes-emerged

• A) in the alluvial desert plain of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, where a new economy based on irrigation and trade fueled the growth of this entirely new form of society.
• B) against the will of the people, who correctly foresaw the many ills this new form of society would bring upon them.
• C) below the intersection of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, where the abundance of water helped keep a complex irrigation system working.
• D) in the hilly flanks, because that was the area that could best sustain a growing population.
• E) out of an attempt to copy, on a larger scale, the lifestyle that early sedentism offered its members prior to the sudden population growth caused by food production.

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Taxpayer-Subsidized

Financial support provided by the government to individuals or organizations, funded by taxpayers.

Price-Support Program

Government policies designed to maintain the price of a commodity at a certain level through subsidies or purchase of the market surplus.

Price Supports

Government interventions to maintain the market price of a commodity at a certain level to protect producers from market fluctuations.

Price Floor

A government or regulatory-imposed minimum price for a commodity or service, intended to prevent the market price from falling below a certain level.