USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

NEW FRANCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the term that refers to the ruling class that controls many of the resources in a given area or country?
A
comrade
B
bourgeoisie
C
proletariat
D
emigre
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Bourgeoisie. The bourgeoisie or capitalists are the owners of capital, purchasing and exploiting labour power, using the surplus value from employment of this labour power to accumulate or expand their capital.

Detailed explanation-2: -The bourgeoisie is the ruling class in Marx’s theory of class struggle under capitalism. The bourgeoisie is the property-owning class who own the means of production (e.g. factories) and employ and exploit the proletariat.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bourgeoisie refers to the capitalists who own the means of production and most of the wealth in the society whereas proletariat refers to a class of workers who do not own means of production and must sell their labour to survive.

Detailed explanation-4: -dictatorship of the proletariat, in Marxism, rule by the proletariat-the economic and social class consisting of industrial workers who derive income solely from their labour-during the transitional phase between the abolition of capitalism and the establishment of communism.

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