Is the belief that sacred authority called for hard work, saving, thrift, and honesty as necessary for salvation. a. positivism b. protestant ethic c. functionalism d. confucian ethic

in an absolute  monarchy, the  monarchrules as an autocrat, with absolutepower  over the state and government — for example, the right to rule by decree, promulgate laws, and impose punishments. the  monarch isnominally sovereign but the electorate, through their legislature, exercise political sovereignty.

the answer is a wheel