__________ the key to the affluence of the 1920s.
a. Overseas markets were
b. Technological innovation was
c. A highly skilled workforce was
d. New management ideas were
c. A highly skilled workforce was
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Many contacts occurred between Europeans and Indians, including trading for furs. Which was false about the results of the fur trade?
a. the population of animals like beavers was cut severely b. Indians became dependent on whites for trade goods c. it often led to alcoholism d. drunkenness and alcoholism harmed whites more than Indians
Which statement about the development of the modern plantation system is FALSE?
a. It can be traced back to the Portuguese exploration of and trade with Africa. b. It originated from the Portuguese sugar plantations. c. It combined large-scale commercial agriculture and slave labor. d. It was based on the European feudal system. e. It would shape the course of the New World.
The invention of the traction plow in the third millennium B.C.E. was significant because it
A. led to a temporary decline in the world's population, due to its inefficiency. B. enabled farmers to plough larger sections of land in a shorter amount of time. C. enabled the children of farmers to pursue other trades, as fewer hands were needed on the farm. D. encouraged city dwellers to take up farming as a reliable source of income.
One area in which popular support for Luther's denunciation of the Church was found was among ______________.
A. Anabaptists B. rural parishes where priests were preaching in conflict with Dominicans C. Christian Humanists D. urban reformers E. Jesuits