In a(n) ________, most leaders will acquire their positions because of their personal backgrounds or abilities through achieved status, rather than heredity or ascribed status.

a. tribal society
b. feudal state
c. imagined community
d. chiefdom
e. agrarian, preindustrial stat


Answer: a. tribal society

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