Which of the following most likely enabled Africans to exercise a greater degree of control over trade with Europeans than the Native Americans?
a. the pan-African unity seen among the various tribes in Africa
b. their prior contact with Europe
c. well-established commercial traditions
d. the large repository of natural resources in the African continents
Answer: c. well-established commercial traditions
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A. augment the duties of the SA. B. use terror to enforce the policies of the Nazi party. C. debilitate the development of Aryan supremacy. D. motivate industrial workers to become more productive. E. harass the French border guards in the Rhineland.
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a. Nile Valley b. Ethiopia c. Nile Delta d. Anatolia e. Caucasus Mountains
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