A key difference between Western European voyages of exploration and those carried out by China during the fifteenth century was that
a. European explorers had the benefit of financial support from their governments.
b. Confucian philosophy supported the idea of trade and exploration as virtuous activities.
c. Asia was rich and Europe relatively poor.
d. Europeans were ahead in terms of navigational and shipbuilding technology by the early fifteenth century.
c
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Which of the following was one of the predictions of Karl Marx?
A) Money, along with all other goods and services, would be provided by the private sector in an open market. B) Industrial mutation would revolutionize the economic structure, thus benefiting the rich. C) Rational self-interest and competition among businesses would lead to economic prosperity. D) Workers would revolt and take power from the wealthy, thus taking down the capitalist countries. E) The population of the world would invariably increase when the means of subsistence is increased.
In comparing the colonial societies of Spanish America and English America, people of mixed races had a
A. higher status than pure Africans in Spanish America. B. lower status than pure Africans in Spanish America. C. higher status than pure Africans in both Spanish and English America. D. higher status than pure Africans in English America. E. lower status than pure Africans in both Spanish and English America. Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
In 1937, regarding the organizing of industrial labor,
A. a key strike against Republic Steel of Chicago succeeded in winning union recognition. B. the "Memorial Day Massacre" saw striking U.S. Steel employees killed by police. C. small steel companies more quickly unionized than did large steel companies. D. the great majority of strikes were settled in favor of the unions. E. the effort to organize the steel industry proved easier than organizing in the auto industry.