Cost factors involved with the use of movable type included which of the following?
a. that a piece of type had to be made for each of the thousands of Chinese characters.
b. that because of resetting each frame, it was suitable to printing large volumes.
c. that books that could be printed by the thousands became cheaper to buy.
d. that it was more expensive than woodblock printing.
e. all of these choices.
e
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a. stimulate the colonies' "triangle trade" with Africa and the West Indies. b. satisfy colonial demands for earning foreign exchange money. c. inhibit colonial trade with the French West Indies. d. increase the colonists' standard of living and protect the livelihood of colonial merchants. e. require Americans to sell their molasses to the British.
James K. Polk ran for president in 1844 on a platform calling for the simultaneous annexation of Texas and __________.
a. Oregon b. California c. Cuba d. Utah
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A) Palo Alto B) Carmel C) Oakland D) Monterrey
The Pilgrims who left Holland to settle in America ________
A) were non-Separatists from the Church of England B) feared their way of life was being undermined by the ways of their Dutch hosts C) had few alternatives because they were harassed by the Dutch D) arrived in Virginia, even though their destination was Massachusetts Bay E) were Catholic radicals eager to overthrow England’s monarchy