Recent analysis of phytoliths has suggested that:
a. The banana arrived with Indonesian sailors on the East African coast around 200-500 CE.
b. Indian Ocean connections between East Africa and Southeast Asia could stretch back to the fourth millennium BCE.
c. Banana species evolved independently with no contact between Southeast Asian and East African varieties.
d. Bananas, yams, and rice traveled eastward from Africa to Asia at some point in the distant past.
b. Indian Ocean connections between East Africa and Southeast Asia could stretch back to the fourth millennium BCE.
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A. Georgia. B. Kasavyurt. C. Chechnya. D. Dagestan. E. Makhachkala.
What impact did slavery have on the southern value system?
A. The presence of slave labor created an egalitarian value system among the white majority. B. Slavery created constant tension between slaveowners and nonslaveowners. C. The availability of slave labor had the effect of devaluing free labor in the South. D. Slavery created a strong sense of community responsibility among the white majority.
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a. "a great land with the potential to feed the world." b. "a vast country incapable of sustaining a dense population." c. "a tremendous region that would be opened up by the new technologies of the day." d. "a land that should be left to the Indians."
Merchants were especially influential in the affairs of the English and Dutch states; these lands adopted policies that were most favorable to capitalist enterprises.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)