One of the main roles played by Chinese businessmen like Bencon and Jan Con in the development of the Dutch colony of Batavia was as
a. bankers.
b. labor brokers.
c. shipping contractors.
d. land developers.
b
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How did working-class families and middle-class families experience urbanization and industrialization differently?
A) Working-class families tended to have strong family ties as a result of their urban lives and work, whereas women and children in middle-class families tended not to participate in the work that men did. B) Working-class families often did not spend much time together due to everyone working at different times, but middle-class families tended to work and socialize together. C) In working-class families, only the men earned money, but in middle-class families, some women did work out of the home. D) In working-class families, more children lived with their parents into their twenties, whereas in middle-class families, children tended to leave home as soon as they got work. E) Working-class families tended to have fewer members of the household engaged in work, which is what kept them in a permanent state of poverty.
Early Chinese society has been described as being uniquely secular. Is this a fair assessment? Why or why not? Explain your answer by comparing the importance of religion in China to its importance in other early societies.
What will be an ideal response?
The growing numbers of elderly poor women can be attributed to
A) the end of Social Security in 1998. B) poor financial planning. C) the greater number of marriages since 1990. D) lower earnings and higher life expectancy.
The decades after 1970 witnessed a consolidation of black economic, civic, and political progress and the expansion of a black middle and upper class of professionals, media celebrities, and business entrepreneurs
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.