The British East India Company was
A) a private firm acting as an arm of the British government that gained economic and
military dominance over much of South Asia
B) dissolved after the 1857 uprising in India
C) a publicly-owned Indian company where profits were largely shared by various Indian
principalities
D) established after Indian independence in 1947
E) largely comprised of British laborers sent to work in India under the authority of Indian
vassal states
A) a private firm acting as an arm of the British government that gained economic and
military dominance over much of South Asia
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A. the sum of the world's birth rates B. the average number of children a woman will bear in her lifetime C. the total population of women D. the total value of all crops grown
Demand to use congested roads has been reduced in a number of ways including
A) reduced car sales. B) prohibition of SUVs in congested areas. C) congestion charges and tolls. D) higher taxes for multi-car families. E) forced distancing parking for cars with low mileage efficiency.
All of the following are major causes of global deforestation except ________
A) the need for wood products B) the need for fuel wood C) the need for agricultural expansion D) the need for urban development and the expansion of cities
How does an ocean basin form?
a) Convection cells in the asthenosphere pull the sea floor apart, and the spreading creates ocean lithosphere in the gap left between the pieces. b) Continental lithosphere becomes so dense that it sinks. c) All of the ocean basins were formed when Earth's crust first formed, so there are no new oceans. d) Meteorite impacts cause huge craters that are the precursors to oceans. e) Heat and volcanism from Earth's mantle can cause granitic continental crust to change into basaltic ocean crust.