Most of the early Iranian oil profits went into the hands of
a. the Standard Oil Company.
b. the Shah.
c. French investors.
d. British investors.
e. the Russian government.
d
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How did the form of slavery introduced and practiced by Europeans in the mid-1400s differ from that practiced by African tribes?
A) The effort to completely destroy the language, culture, and identity of slaves was undertaken for the first time by Europeans, not by Africans practicing slavery. B) The slave trade was a commercial, profitable venture as practiced by Europeans but not by Africans. C) Slavery was an outgrowth of warfare practiced by Europeans against Africans but never utilized by one African tribe against another. D) Slaves captured and sold by Europeans lost their freedom for a lifetime, while, African slavery more closely resembled a long indentured servitude.
In the middle of the seventeenth century, both France and England experienced __________.
A) political stability B) religious unity C) foreign invasion D) civil wars
One unresolved issue with Britain stemming from the Treaty of Paris (1783) that was finally attended to under Jay's Treaty of 1794 was Britain's agreement to __________
A) set the Mississippi River as the western boundary of the United States B) vacate its forts in the Northwest Territory C) cede lands in Florida to the United States D) compensate the United States for cargoes seized during the American Revolution
By the eighteenth century, North America's most important colonial port was:
A) New York City. B) Boston. C) Charleston. D) Philadelphia.