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Traditional archaeological models long posited that the mere introduction of maize to the Eastern Woodlands inevitably spawned the massive population centers characteristic of Mississippian chiefdoms around 1050 CE. However, recent isotopic analyses challenge this deterministic view. The explosive growth of settlements like Cahokia was not a direct result of maize's arrival, which occurred centuries prior. Instead, researchers now argue that a localized climatic anomaly—which extended the growing season—alongside the adoption of the Mill Creek chert hoe, acted as the true catalysts. This durable stone implement enabled farmers to break the heavy, clay-rich soils of the floodplains, yielding unprecedented agricultural surpluses. It was the subsequent necessity for centralized storage facilities to manage these yields that ultimately empowered a new administrative elite, fracturing the previously egalitarian social structure into a rigid hierarchy.

According to the researchers mentioned in the passage, which of the following explicitly caused the fracturing of the previously egalitarian social structure?

  1. A
    The localized climatic anomaly that significantly extended the frost-free growing season
  2. B
    The inevitable demographic consequences of introducing maize to the Eastern Woodlands
  3. C
    The complete failure of traditional farming methods to support growing population centers
  4. D
    The administrative elite's monopolization of durable stone implements like the chert hoe
  5. The administrative requirements associated with warehousing unprecedented crop yieldsCevap

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The administrative requirements associated with warehousing unprecedented crop yields
The correct answer accurately paraphrases the final sentence of the passage, which explicitly identifies 'the subsequent necessity for centralized storage facilities to manage these yields' as the factor that 'ultimately empowered a new administrative elite, fracturing the previously egalitarian social structure.' The phrase 'administrative requirements associated with warehousing' perfectly captures this mechanism.

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1
Analyze the question stem to determine the exact effect being queried and whose perspective to adopt.
The question asks for the explicit cause of the 'fracturing of the previously egalitarian social structure' according to the 'researchers'.
Accurately identifying the target effect and the correct viewpoint prevents falling for misattribution traps or selecting earlier links in a causal chain.
2
Scan the passage for the phrase 'egalitarian social structure' and trace the causal language backward.
The final sentence states: 'It was the subsequent necessity for centralized storage facilities to manage these yields that ultimately empowered a new administrative elite, fracturing the previously egalitarian social structure...'
Locating the exact phrasing in the text ensures the answer is based on explicit information rather than broad inferences.
3
Identify the immediate cause in the parsed sentence.
The immediate explicit cause is 'the subsequent necessity for centralized storage facilities to manage these yields'.
In complex causal chains, LSAT questions often test the ability to distinguish between an initial catalyst and a proximate cause.
4
Evaluate the options to find the closest accurate paraphrase of the identified proximate cause.
The correct option paraphrases 'necessity for centralized storage' as 'administrative requirements associated with warehousing' and 'these yields' as 'unprecedented crop yields'.
Correct answers in Reading Comprehension frequently utilize synonymous phrasing to test true comprehension rather than mere word-matching.

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