What Is a Vertical Economy

question 50

Multiple Choice

What is a vertical economy?

• A) one of the types of segmentary lineage organization found in regions of East Africa
• B) a system of top-down exchange across regions
• C) a means of integrating a society based on hereditary inequality and coercion
• D) a system that exploits environmental zones that contrast with one another in altitude, rainfall, overall climate, and vegetation
• E) a form of indirect-biased transmission

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