alleryStart learning →Societies that survive by hunting wild animals and gathering uncultivated plants are called what?
AHunter-gatherer societies
BAgricultural societies
CIndustrial societies
DInformation societies
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Hunter-gatherer societies
1. Sociologists sort societies by how they get what they need to live.
2. The earliest groups hunted wild animals and foraged for uncultivated plants.
3. These are hunter-gatherer societies, and they moved on when resources ran short.
_Source: OpenStax Introduction to Sociology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 "Culture", Ch 4 "Society and Social Interaction" and Ch 5 "Socialization", section 4.1 Types of Societies_
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