What invention helped turn Western agriculture from subsistence farming to food production for domestic and international markets?
a. The cotton gin
b. Fulton´s steam harvester
c. Deere´s wooden plow
d. Burpee´s seed drill
e. McCormick´s reaper
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Those who claim that the effects on Africa from the slave trade have been exaggerated point to which of the following?
a. many African societies had no contact with the slave trade. b. farming and herding remained the principle economic activity of Africa through the years. c. many African societies had slave markets of long standing d. all of the answers are correct. e. new plants that were introduced into Africa produced more calories per acre than traditional crops.
The struggle over the Welf candidacy for emperor was also a rivalry between __________.
A. Poland and Hungary B. the pope and the patriarch of Constantinople C. Castile and Aragon D. England and France
What act was critical for the union of the North and South in Italy in 1860?
A) Napoleon’s betrayal of Cavour B) The capture of Rome C) Garibaldi’s acceptance of Victor Emmanuel II as king D) Cavour’s defeat of Garibaldi’s redshirts E) Austrian withdrawal from the whole of the peninsula