Modern Foragers Are Not Stone Age Relics, Living Fossils, Lost

question 53

Multiple Choice

Modern foragers are not Stone Age relics, living fossils, lost tribes, or noble savages. Still, to the extent that foraging has been the basis of their subsistence, contemporary and recent hunter-gatherers

• A) are the closest we can come to studying true human nature.
• B) illustrate links between a foraging economy and the emergence of social stratification.
• C) suggest that the most basic motive driving human survival is the need for power.
• D) can illustrate links between a foraging economy and other aspects of society and culture, such as their sociopolitical organization.
• E) illustrate the social precursors to hegemony.

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Definitions:

Resource Mobilization Theory

A theory in the field of social movements proposing that the success of social movements depends on resources, organization, and opportunity political contexts.

Elite Coalitions

Collaborative alliances formed among a society's most influential, wealthy, or powerful groups or individuals, often to maintain or enhance their influence over governance, policy, or economic outcomes.

State Surveillance

The monitoring of individuals or groups by government agencies to gather intelligence, prevent crime, or protect national security.

Elites Weak

This term does not have an established definition in sociological or political discourse, suggesting it may not be a recognized key term. NO.