Question

Which of the following statements best summarizes feudal Japan’s social hierarchy?(1 point)
Responses

Merchants ranked highest in the social hierarchy because they became wealthy.
Merchants ranked highest in the social hierarchy because they became wealthy.

Farmers/peasants were lowest in the social hierarchy because there were not many of them.
Farmers/peasants were lowest in the social hierarchy because there were not many of them.

Members of the warrior classes tended to hold more political power in feudal Japan.
Members of the warrior classes tended to hold more political power in feudal Japan.

The emperor was at the head of the social hierarchy because that role had existed for so long.
The emperor was at the head of the social hierarchy because that role had existed for so long.
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Answer 1

Members of the warrior classes tended to hold more political power in feudal Japan.

(Although the emperor was nominally at the top, real authority rested with the samurai class — shogun and daimyo.)