The invention that permitted the great expansion of cotton cultivation was the __________
a. railroad
b. cotton gin
c. cotton reaper
d. steel plow
e. mechanical seed planter
B
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A) railroad B) steel C) petroleum D) meatpacking
The Great Peloponnesian War was ignited by a civil war in the Corcyraean colony at ________
A. Epidamnus B. Laconia C. Apollonia D. Hydrantum
What led Portuguese nobility to organize expeditions in search of plunder?
A) They were economically weakened after the Black Death. B) They hoped for upward mobility that would lead to an overthrow of the monarch. C) Spanish explorers had reported that there was great wealth in the "New World." D) Portugal's status in Europe had declined, and Spain and England had become the major powers.
What caused the Chinese to be closed to the idea of Westerners?
A) The Jesuit missionaries had not worked so hard at converting the peasants. B) The Portuguese had offended Chinese sensibilities so much that they were temporarily expelled from the country. C) The Portuguese and the Dutch had not jockeyed for a favorable trade position when they arrived in China. D) Missionaries had inadvertently brought several deadly diseases with them. E) They had not tried to force Western scientific ideas on the Chinese.