What are the means, or factors, of production?

A. the ways a society organizes production
B. synonyms of a society's mode of production
C. a society's major productive resources, such as land and other natural resources, labor, technology, and capital
D. a society's institutional mechanisms for making sure that everyone is productive
E. labor forces organized by kinship ties


Answer: C

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