Which of the following does not describe the United Fruit Company (UFCO)?
A) It marketed the indigo and cochineal produced by thousands of small farmers.
B) It acquired monopolistic control over land transport in Guatemala.
C) It exercised virtual ownership of the major Atlantic port of Puerto Barrios.
D) It acquired vast banana lands on very favorable terms from the Guatemalan government.
A
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a. poets. b. builders. c. philosophers. d. scientists.
In South America, by 2000 BCE, people
A. had discovered the smelting of iron. B. had domesticated wheat for making of bread, C. were sailing the Pacific in wind-powered balsa wood rafts. D. had developed a complex writing system. E. were using the wheel in transportation.
John Calvin profoundly affected the thought of all of the following except
a. Spanish Armenians. b. New England Puritans. c. Scottish Presbyterians. d. French Huguenots. e. the Dutch Reformed Church.
Which of the following was true of small farmers in 1670s Virginia?
a. The economy was doing so well that even though they made less money than large-scale planters, their problems were too small to justify their rebellion. b. They lacked access to good land for farming. c. They could count on the government to help them take over Native American lands. d. They had access to the best land, but a surplus in the tobacco market left them in poverty.