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#6 - Historian: Much of what made medieval European

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What role does the phrase in answer choice A play in the argument?
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-  Mon Sep 25, 2023 6:55 pm #103331
Hi a.hopp!

Answer choice (A) is basically a restatement of the first sentence of the stimulus. The first two sentences convey the following conditional reasoning:

medieval European communities :arrow: close-knit

respectful cooperation to meet basic needs :arrow: close knit
The stimulus tells us that medieval European communities were close-knit. Mores specifically, it tells us that what made them close-knit was how they met basic needs--through respectful cooperation. To your question, this functions as a premise in the argument.

The argument then concludes by applying this principle to industrialized societies, suggesting that they too would become close-knit if they undertook more group tasks/respectful cooperation.
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