Assume you are studying a society that has just invented cities,has increasing specialization,and has just started using money to buy and sell goods and services.It is likely that the society is at which stage of sociocultural evolution?
A)hunting and gathering
B)horticultural and pastoral
C)agrarian
D)industrial

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The society described has just invented cities, has increasing specialization, and has started using money to buy and sell goods and services. This suggests that they have moved beyond a hunting and gathering lifestyle (A) and a horticultural and pastoral lifestyle (B) and are now in the agrarian stage where they have developed more complex systems of agriculture, social organization, and trade. They have not yet reached the industrial stage (D) which involves advanced machinery, mass production, and automation.

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