The modern world system is

a. a system in which ethnic groups are increasingly isolated from the economic and political influence of nation-states
b. a theory that was popular in the 1980s but has since been replaced with the capitalist world economy
c. Karl Marx's theory of social stratification
d. a system of global dimensions in which nations are economically and politically interdependent
e. Max Weber's theory of the emergence of capitalism


Ans: d. a system of global dimensions in which nations are economically and politically interdependent

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Which of the following is NOT a cultural correlate of chiefdoms?

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