This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer

Author Question: In English history, the aristocracy included ________ a. the hereditary nobility, the highest ... (Read 35 times)

student77

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 567
In English history, the aristocracy included ________
 
  a. the hereditary nobility, the highest church officials, and the royal family.
  b. wealthy merchants, the hereditary nobility, and the royal family.
  c. the hereditary nobility and the royal family.
  d. the royal family only.

Question 2

Why do societies with class systems retain some elements of caste (such as the inheritance of wealth) rather than trying to become complete meritocracies?
 
  a. Because too many people would be poor if society were based only on merit
  b. Because some caste elements increase productivity
  c. Because a pure meritocracy would eliminate families and other social loyalties that tie a society together
  d. Because some caste elements increase social mobility



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

milbourne11

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 322
Answer to Question 1

Answer: a

Answer to Question 2

Here to give you a feedback, your answer was right Awesome




student77

  • Member
  • Posts: 567
Reply 2 on: Jul 2, 2018
Excellent


triiciiaa

  • Member
  • Posts: 349
Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

Did you know?

Patients who have been on total parenteral nutrition for more than a few days may need to have foods gradually reintroduced to give the digestive tract time to start working again.

Did you know?

Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.

Did you know?

Less than one of every three adults with high LDL cholesterol has the condition under control. Only 48.1% with the condition are being treated for it.

Did you know?

The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates’s recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.

Did you know?

Serum cholesterol testing in adults is recommended every 1 to 5 years. People with diabetes and a family history of high cholesterol should be tested even more frequently.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library