The division of German lands into small principalities __________.
A. heavily damaged trade and travel in central Europe
B. encouraged competition and innovation
C. limited the expansion of Protestantism
D. encouraged trade within the Holy Roman Empire
Answer: A
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A) Boston B) Philadelphia C) New Orleans D) New York
Which of the following was NOT a detrimental factor in the technological development of the peoples of the Western Hemisphere?
a. Lack of large domesticated animals. b. Geographic diversity. c. Lack of established trade routes. d. Lack of indigenous varieties of edible grasses to facilitate the transition from a hunting/gathering society to farming. e. A difficult topography and environmental diversity.
Which of the following statements about the Merger Movement of the late nineteenth century is most accurate?
a. Investment bankers played an insignificant role in the mergers that created enormous new corporations. b. The merger movement resulted partly from economic weaknesses, partly in response to the threat of vicious competition among reviving manufacturing companies. c. Andrew Carnegie successfully fought off J.P. Morgan's hostile bid on this United States Steel Corporation. d. In their organization of mergers, J.P. Morgan and other investment bankers were looking for short term gains at the cost of long-term stability.
By the beginning of the eighteenth century, land scarcity pushed both native-born and newly arrived families to look westward. Descendants of old Yankee families established themselves ________, while European immigrants found more luck ________.
A. in the Hudson River valley; along the Great Wagon Road B. along the Great Wagon Road; south of New York C. in frontier New England; south of New York D. south of New York; in frontier New England