Which economic and political system features one-party rule and state ownership of property?

• A. Cold War
• B. Containment
• C. Communism
• D. Marshall Plan

Answer: (C)

The idea being tested is how a political-economic system organizes power and property. One-party rule paired with state ownership of the means of production is a hallmark of communism, as it was aiming to implement a society where the government, typically controlled by a single party, directs political life and owns land, factories, and other resources. Private property is minimized or abolished, and economic activity is planned by the state.

The other terms don’t describe a system with those features: the Cold War refers to a period of geopolitical tension, not a governing system; containment was a foreign-policy strategy to stop the spread of influence (often of communism) rather than a complete economic-political framework; and the Marshall Plan was a postwar aid program to rebuild Europe, not a description of how a nation organizes its government and economy. So communism best matches the description.