Question

Hunter-gatherer societies typically survive through "the sharing of resources to ensure success with a relative absence of hierarchy and violence." (page 396) Which of the following terms best describes this type of society?

Answer 1

Answer:

Egalitarian society

Explanation:

Egalitarian society:

An egalitarian society is one in which is based on equality with no structure that gives authority or power to anyone but provides its people with equal rights and deals fairly.

Hunter- Gatherer Societies:

Here, each individual was treated with equality which meant that:

• Every individual was equally entitled to food, wealth, all other material things such with no regards to the person's ability to find it, so everything was shared in order to ensure that all stands equal with no one superior or inferior to any one..
• Nobody had the right to direct others; so decisions were entirely dependent on an individual for him/herself.
• Group decisions had to be made by involving everyone with no authority to a single individual.

Thus the hunter gatherer societies survived through the resource sharing with no violence and hierarchical system.