Describe the economic role of the oil industry and its relationship to political stability or instability in the nations of the Middle East. Are there policies by which outside powers can aid in creating stability there, or have they already "done too much"?
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Adam Smith believed that government had an important, if limited, role to play in the economy
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Why was the mining industry able to use environmentally harmful methods such as open-pit mining in places like Minnesota's Mesabi Range as illustrated in this photograph?
A) The harmful effects of open-pit mining were limited to minimal scarring on the landscape. B) An environmental movement had not yet been created in the United States. C) Western states did not have the political power to regulate the mining industry. D) Political officials in the West received kickbacks and bribes from the mining industry.
By 1750, Spain's American colonies had established clear patterns of political and economic development that included
a. minimizing the role of the hacienda in commercial life. b. shifting from Amerindian slaves to indentured servant labor. c. gradually ending the subjugation of Indians. d. encouraging criollos to seek greater fortune along the frontier. e. dominating urban areas such as Mexico City and Lima.
The British prime minister who had won a decisive electoral victory on a platform committed to making the Germans pay for the war was
A. Georges Clemenceau. B. David Lloyd George. C. Neville Chamberlain. D. Arthur Balfour. E. Winston Churchill.