I believe the answer is <span>C. Each county has state-funded public schools</span>
Cultural decay is when a culture no longer holds any value to the youth of the next generation and things are put aside for more interesting trends
Cultural decline is when a culture doesn't develop and leaves the next generation without anything to expand upon or grow from
<u>Plight of the plebeians:</u>
Plebeians in the ancient Rome were people who were not the members of any of the classes ( which were patrician, senatorial and the equestrian classes) and were free citizens.
This section of ancient Rome included the normal working classes of the society like the the farmers, peasants, bakers or the builders.
The plebeians were responsible for having weakening the roman republic because of the struggle that they had with the patricians who were the aristocrats. They wanted equal status compared with the patricians.
Feudalism started around 8th century or 850 AD to be exact. Based from all the choices given, there is no right answer. So probably the closest is 900 A.D so I would have to go with that. But if there is a choice that is 850 A.D, that is the correct answer. I hope this answer helped you.