Which of the following was worse in the nineteenth century than at any other period in recorded history?
a. hygene and nutrition
b. infant mortality rates
c. the number of deaths due to famine
d. global disease
c
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A) Simón Bolívar B) Tupac Amaru II C) Benito Juárez D) Francisco Madero
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A) 1770s B) 1790s C) 1810s D) 1830s
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a. the ability to cross over mountain ranges via water and portage roads b. the ability to travel upstream as well as downstream c. the ability to slow speeds when going through rapids d. the passage of waterways in the winter