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Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section.
Terms
-Born into an upper-class family in China during troubled times (283-343 C·E·.) , his efforts to balance Confucian service to society and his own desire to pursue a more solitary and interior life in the Daoist tradition reflected the situation of many in his class.

• A)Wang Mang
• B)China's scholar-gentry class
• C)Ge Hong
• D)Yellow Turban Rebellion
• E)caste as varna
• F)caste as jati
• G)"ritual purity" in Indian social practice
• H)Greek slavery
• I)Roman slavery
• J)Spartacus
• K)patriarchy
• L)the "three obediences"
• M)Empress Wu
• N)Aspasia
• O)Pericles
• P)helots

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Definitions:

Spending

The act of expending funds to purchase products or services.

Recession

A phase of short-term economic downturn characterized by a decrease in commerce and manufacturing, typically marked by two consecutive quarters of declining gross domestic product (GDP).

Inflation

The pace at which prices for general goods and services climb, reducing the value of money to buy them.

Spreadsheets

Digital tools or applications used to organize, analyze, and store data in tables, often utilized for accounting, planning, and data analysis.