Diffusion of corn as a food for both animals and humans:
a. Occurred very slowly because there was little trade or contact within the Americas.
b. Has permanently altered global agricultural patterns over the past 300 years.
c. Has been extensive, but outside the Americas, it is primarily a trade item because it requires very specific soils and climate.
d. Is of limited economic value because other, more easily grown substances work as well and are less expensive.
b. Has permanently altered global agricultural patterns over the past 300 years.
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To acquire wealth under the system of mercantilism, England would gain colonies. The colonies were supposed to:
a. trade to England products like fur, timber, and sugar b. provide a market for England's raw materials c. provide land for new businesses and resorts for merchants d. trade English goods for foreign-made products
All of the following technological innovations increased European agricultural productivity in the Middle Ages EXCEPT
a. a new heavy plow. b. introduction of the horseshoe and horse collar. c. the three-field system of sowing. d. introduction of oxen for pulling plows. e. the widening use of the water mill and the introduction of the windmill.
In June 1846, American settlers in California __________.
A. petitioned Britain to grant them citizenship B. asked Mexico to grant them empresario status C. petitioned the United States to become a state D. declared their independence from Mexico
In late-19thcentury Latin American countries,
A. large landowners increasingly left the political scene. B. constitutions similar to those in the U.S. and Western Europe were written. C. voting-rights restrictions were gradually lifted. D. dictatorships became obsolete. E. armies ceased to intervene in national politics.