Urbanization required a new form of social control and social order, which is ______, compared to populations accustomed to living in rural environments.

A. the conformity of individuals to explicit and implicit social rules and behaviors
B. a sense of communal values
C. authoritarian standards of cohesion
D. a way of life of a society


Answer: A

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