Question
Kublai Khan divided China into four social classes with differing privileges. What long-term impact did this have on the Southern Chinese people?
A. It increased wealth throughout the region.
B. It gave the people an opportunity to hold public offices.
C. It opened up trade on the Silk Road and created a new merchant class.
D. It angered the people and eventually led to revolt.
A. It increased wealth throughout the region.
B. It gave the people an opportunity to hold public offices.
C. It opened up trade on the Silk Road and created a new merchant class.
D. It angered the people and eventually led to revolt.
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D. It angered the people and eventually led to revolt.
The division of China into four social classes by Kublai Khan and the privileges associated with them often marginalized certain groups, including the Southern Chinese people. This inequity and resentment contributed to social unrest and discontent, which could lead to revolts, especially as local populations felt alienated or oppressed by the ruling class and the foreign Mongol elite.
The division of China into four social classes by Kublai Khan and the privileges associated with them often marginalized certain groups, including the Southern Chinese people. This inequity and resentment contributed to social unrest and discontent, which could lead to revolts, especially as local populations felt alienated or oppressed by the ruling class and the foreign Mongol elite.