Here the correct option is option A Government positions were based on skills and merit.
Explanation - Earlier in China recruitment in high offices was done on the basis of recommendations that were given by officials about those post but under Confucianism examination system this method was barred. The talented people had to pass an exam that was really tough to crack for which they had to first give an exam at local level to qualify. No relation or recommendations were further entertained.
<span>Three U.S. society core values : Freedom, Privacy, and Free enterprise.
Freedom is impacted by the shaping of "cool" for teenagers because as new fads and technologies are developed and problems related to them arise, they are followed by laws, rules and values based on those fads and technologies. For example, when too many teenagers began "sagging" their pants because it was "cool", some jurisdictions passed laws against it.
Privacy is impacted by the shaping of "cool" for teenagers as new technologies are developed that create new invasions of that privacy. Case in point, Facebook created far reaching questions on privacy while at the same time being sold as "cool" to teenagers in college.
Free Enterprise is impacting the shaping of "cool" for teenagers as new technologies and fads are developed. Free Enterprise allowed Air Jordans, IPhones, Coca Cola and Levis jeans to exist, and thus market themselves to teenagers as, "cool".</span>
People who live in America can simply call themselves American now, as opposed to earlier when the area was divided into various countries.
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This fact is the best out of the options that fits the description of the singular fact that best supports thee claim of modern life being less violent as compared to more and more of our evolutionary past.
This fact states that the people who were earlier divided into the countries and lived in a constant state of war, are now able to live together in a peaceful manner, thus stepping up from their evolutionary past and becoming less violent as they step into an era of modernization.
Maize is from Mexico.
Coffee is from Ethiopia
Wheat is from southwest Asia
Banana is from Africa
And tomato is from North America
