As trade and commercial interaction increased between Europe, Africa, and South and East Asia, who displaced the Portuguese as the main European player in Indian Ocean commerce?
a. The English
b. The Dutch
c. The Spanish
d. The French
e. The Russians
b
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What was one of the major changes that took place in American towns and cities between 1820 and 1860?
A) Western towns declined as more people moved to farms. B) Towns grew rapidly, especially in the West. C) River cities rose to prominence while lake cities declined. D) Cities tended to grow up on the open plains of the West. E) Eastern cities declined, as more people moved to the West.
Consider the role of Israel in the Arab world. How has Israel survived for the past half-century? What steps have been made toward peace? Is Israel the main stabilizing or destabilizing agent in southwest Asia?
What will be an ideal response?
In pursuing Pancho Villa, American troops
a. failed to sight his main force. b. fought several skirmishes against troops of the Mexican government. c. alienated virtually every Mexican political faction. d. never found Villa. e. all of these choices.
Social Darwinism was used to justify __________
A) revolution B) inequality C) abolitionism D) monarchy