Which product triggered a war between Britain and China in the middle of the nineteenth century?

A) quinine
B) silk
C) opium
D) sugar


C) opium

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According to the Bureau of Labor statistics, what percentage of the U.S. population remained in poverty in 1960?

A. 5 percent B. 10 percent C. 25 percent D. 40 percent

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Who was twice defeated by Dwight D. Eisenhower in presidential elections?

A) John F. Kennedy B) Richard M. Nixon C) Strom Thurmond D) Adlai E. Stevenson E) Henry Wallace

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The supreme legal authority in Egypt carried the title of the ____________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Who controlled the Black Sea trade in the sixteenth century?

a. Portugal b. Habsburgs c. Ottomans d. Omani e. Egypt

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