A common experience for agriculturalists in regions like India and West Africa that became primarily suppliers of cash crops such as cotton and palm oil was
a. remarkable prosperity because large numbers of the population were employed.
b. finding themselves at the mercy of a market that benefited a relative few.
c. a growth in the number of peasants owning land.
d. a drop in interest rates to encourage borrowing.
b
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A. to carry out actions in secrecy B. to utilize a smaller force C. to ignore the need for diplomatic channels D. to perform actions more economically
In the except from Martin Delany in the Voices section, how does Delany connect black nationalism to the problems of the black community?
A) He says blacks need to work against the abolitionist movement because it harms free blacks. B) He says blacks need to engage in integration efforts to win the hearts of white America. C) He says blacks need to resort to slave rebellions and arson to force whites to give up slavery. D) He says blacks need to band together, form their own organizations, and go back to Africa.
The seventeenth-century Pueblo Indians __________.
A. rejected Spanish attempts to convert them B. made Christianity one more part of their already complex culture C. rejected their old gods and accepted Christianity as their new religion D. begged the Spaniards to teach them the tenets of Catholicism
In the Past and Present video in section 4.6, the speaker emphasizes which of the following as the central factor driving people to emigrate, both in the past and today?
A) missionary zeal B) technological change C) family tensions D) economic conditions