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The term meritocracy means those who_____ rise to the top of society.
 
  a. receive the most votes in a democratic election
  b. have the most ability, talent, and effort
  c. have been able to acquire the greatest wealth
  d. make the best moral and ethical decisions

Question 2

Social Darwinism continues to surface under different names, but the basic point of these theories is the same, that
 
  a. the poor are poor because they are genetically inferior.
  b. the poor are poor because they are culturally inferior.
  c. when poor people rise from poverty, their genes improve to the same degree.
  d. when middle-class or wealthy people lose their wealth, it is because they are genetically inferior.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: b. have the most ability, talent, and effort

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a. the poor are poor because they are genetically inferior.



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