The most extreme form of legalized social inequality for individuals or groups is ________________?
Correct answer: A. slavery
- A. slavery
- B. open class system
- C. closed caste systems
- D. caste systems
Explanation
Slavery is the most extreme legally enforced inequality because enslaved people are treated as the property of others and denied basic freedom and rights. Caste systems impose inherited status, but they do not ordinarily reduce people to legally owned property.
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