The first medieval merchants made their living through __________.
A. lending
B. long-distance trading
C. local monopolies
D. insurance
Answer: B
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A) Holland B) England C) France D) Germany
How do the actions depicted in the cartoon New Method of Sorting the Mail, which shows the people of Charleston burning abolitionist materials sent through the United States Postal Department, mark a turning point between the antislavery and
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The better-off peasants, or kulaks, reacted to collectivization by
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