By the early twentieth century, Britain saw its huge industrial advantage mitigated by advances made in much of Western Europe. However, the following region remained economically backward:
A. Germany.
B. Austria-Hungary.
C. the Balkans and the Ottoman Empire.
D. Norway and Sweden.
E. France and the Netherlands.
C
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The federal government played a key role in the development and white settlement of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas shortly after the War of 1812 by
A) beginning official surveys and legal sales of land. B) spending government revenue on maintaining the U.S. Army to protect these new lands under U.S. control. C) building a new road from Columbia, South Carolina to Columbus, Georgia and eventually further southwest into the so-called black belt region of the South. D) permitting illegal squatters who moved onto farms abandoned by Indians during the War of 1812 to gain legal title without purchasing the land from the government.
Why did the impact of King George's War on the middle colonies differ from the war's impact on the New England colonies? a. Fertile soil allowed the middle colonies to lead the way in the foodstuffs trade during and after the war. b. The shipbuilding industry put the middle colonies in a favorable economic position during and after the war. c. The variety of ethnic groups in the middle
colonies caused political, social, and economic instability during andafter the war. d. Because of heavy casualties during the war, the middle colonies experienced severe labor shortages andeconomic stagnation in the war's aftermath.
What determined the schedule for merchants and pilgrims in Southeast Asia?
a. A strict time table b. Omens and signs c. The whims of Tang officials d. Prevailing winds e. The pronouncements of priests
In the sixteenth century, which country hoped to find a northern passage to the Pacific and the Indies?
A) France B) Spain C) Portugal D) Italy