What two areas were often the source of conflict and wars between the great powers in the mid-eighteenth century?
A. China and the access to the Mediterranean Sea
B. the African coast and access to the Mediterranean Sea
C. overseas empires and central and eastern Europe
D. overseas empires and western Europe
Answer: C
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A) the practice of freeing slaves from bondage. B) the ?floating tombs? that carried the slaves to the New World. C) the introduction of new food products into Africa and Europe. D) those African kingdoms that increased their wealth and power through the slave trade. E) British ships that patrolled the Atlantic to stop the slave trade.
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