One of the most useful social conventions

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct58% picked this

   Some societies have been geographically isolated enough not to have been influenced by

   Why this is right

   This rules out the alternative explanation and ensures that the invention of money occurred independently in more than one society.

   Skill tested: Sufficient Assumption · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   58%
2. B

   Too Weak11% picked this

   Language emerged independently in different societies at different times in

   The argument draws a distinction between language and money in that language is rooted in innate ability, while money is a human invention.

   11%
3. C

   Supports a Premise22% picked this

   Universal features of human society that are not inventions are rooted

   This supports the premise that money is a human invention, but stops short of establishing that the invention of money occurred independently in more than one society.

   22%
4. D

   Supports a Premise6% picked this

   If money were not useful, it would not be

   This supports the premise that money is useful, since the argument establishes that the use of money is widespread.

   6%
5. E

   Out of Scope4% picked this

   No human society that adopted the convention of money has since

   Whether money, once adopted, has been abandoned says nothing about the circumstances under which the adoption of money occurred.

   4%