WORLD HISTORY

FRENCH REVOLUTION

REVOLUTION IN 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: -In a capitalist society, the ruling class, or the bourgeoisie, owns the means of production, such as machines or tools that can be used to produce valuable objects.

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: -In a capitalist society, the bourgeoisie, or the capitalist class, is the class that owns the means of production and derives a passive income from their operation. Examples of the capitalist class include business owners, shareholders and the minority of people who own factories, machinery and lands.

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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