Practice question · Match the pairs
Match each mode of production to how its surplus was extracted.
- Ancient slave society
- Feudalism
- Capitalism
- Primitive communism
- Wage labor and surplus value
- Legal obligation and compulsory labor dues
- Direct ownership of the producers themselves
- No systematic extraction; no class division
Hints
- The same question is asked at every stage.
- Who works, who takes, and by what claimed right.
Show the answer
- Ancient slave society → Direct ownership of the producers themselves
- Feudalism → Legal obligation and compulsory labor dues
- Capitalism → Wage labor and surplus value
- Primitive communism → No systematic extraction; no class division
Why
Same question at every stage — who works, who takes, and by what right — and the answers name the epochs.
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