According to the Noel hypothesis, if two groups came together and the contact situation featured ethnocentrism, competition between groups, and a differential in power, the result of the contact would be:

RACIAL OR ETHNIC STRATIFICATION.

Explanation: Ethnocentrism is a belief that one's own ethnic group or ethnic tradition is more superior than others.

Noel Hypothesis is a theory that describes the developer of dominance traits and subordinate traits between a group of persons as a result of the interaction taking place between the two groups of persons.

According to Noel Hypothesis there are three factors that influence the outcome of the interaction taking place between groups of people they include;

(1) ETHNOCENTRISM

(2) COMPETITION

(3) DIFFERENTIAL IN POWER.

every society, in order to meet the needs of it's people, has to answer three basic questions:

- what should we produce?

- how should we produce it?

- for whom should we produce it?

this questions must be answered in order to, option b, aid in production decisions.

every country can't produce everything, no matter how rich their land is. it may be a matter of technology, resources or geographical conditions. so, these three questions must be resolved in order to get the most of the production of each land.

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sumerians were polytheistic, meaning they believed in many different gods. so, the best answer is c.