To resolve the problem of the vast expenses New World settlement required, English merchant-capitalists introduced the concept of __________
A) proprietorship
B) primogeniture
C) the joint-stock company
D) feudalism
E) mercantilism
Answer: C
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A) active role of the state B) banks played no role C) absence of railroads D) focus on textiles
The Spartans made the army the center of their society because
A) they feared a naval attack by Athens. B) they feared a naval attack by Persia. C) Spartans did not possess any fertile land for farming. D) Thebes appeared to be a looming threat. E) they feared an uprising by their helots.
By the end of their first year in office, Nixon and Kissinger had concluded that the most effective way to tip the military balance in South Vietnam's favor was to
A. have the Congress repeal the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. B. install a pro-American regime under General Lon Diem. C. destroy military bases in Cambodia and Laos. D. "surge" 30,000 additional ground combat forces in the Mekong Delta. E. All these answers are correct.
The focus of the Greek economy during the Dark Ages was
a. the production of pottery. b. metallurgy based in copper. c. subsistence agriculture. d. spice production. e. the slave trade.