A Primary Feature That Separates an Industrial Society from a Preindustrial

question 48

Multiple Choice

A primary feature that separates an industrial society from a preindustrial society is:

• A) All kinship networks, such as kindreds, extended families, lineages, and clans, have been replaced with corporations, businesses, and schools.
• B) Most productive labor in industrial societies involves factory and office work rather than agricultural or foraging activities.
• C) Social stratification decreases, causing a more egalitarian society to develop within industrial states.
• D) A reduction in warfare, conflict, and feuding occurs in industrial states based on territory.

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