The answer is A. The detective searched the area following the robbery. The definite article "the" is one of the most important words used frequently in English. It is normally used in front of a noun. In this case, the noun is the word Detective. A definite article can be used in various circumstances, e.g. in front of adjectives or collective nouns just to name a few. Therefore, the definite article is used when someone knows what he/she is referring to.
The Boxer Rebellion should be the answer. The boxer rebellion was the rebellion that was an anti-colonialism/colonist/Christian uprising that took place near the end of the Qing Dynasty, so I assumed that it must be the answer as it is the closest and the Taiping rebellion occurred in the 1850s.
C. The Upper Class
In other words, those with money and controlling production.
OLIGARCHY is ruled by the elite members of society
Caudillo is a term derived from the Spanish word Capitellum meaning Small Head ( head of an irregular ruled political territory). In the Latin American context, this term was used for the Military Leaders, who challenged the authority of the Spanish government. Therefore, these Caudillos or the strong man gave birth to a system called Caudillismo (a system of political-social domination under the leadership of a strong man). They rose after the Independence War from Spain in the 19th century in Latin America.